Jean-Claude Juncker

Ursula von der Leyen was an unloved choice to replace Jean-Claude Juncker as the next president of the European Commission. She emerged from a ferociously contentious process as a last-minute compromise and she promptly fell into a storm of criticism. Even members of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) shellacked her.…

Emmanuel Macron spoke about Europe on second day of the Munich Security Conference   -   Copyright (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday he is ready to lift French opposition to the opening of EU accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia."We are all awaiting a report from the European…

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FORMER European Council President Donald Tusk has cancelled a visit to Dublin to campaign for Fine Gael at the last minute. r Tusk was due in Dublin to campaign with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on Wednesday as the party bids to rescue its troubled general election campaign. However the visit was…

If you always predict an economic rebound you will sometimes be right. After false predictions for five quarters, which saw GDP growth slide steadily down to 4.5%, the Economic Survey has predicted a big rebound to an annual 6-6.5% in 2020-21. Much will depen…

It is unfortunate that the word “special”, like “bad”, and “wicked”, has in popular culture come to mean close to the opposite of its original meaning. But never has a turnaround been more aptly demonstrated than at a cosy chat-style panel event to discuss “The Future of the Special Relationship…

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(Bloomberg) -- Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here.  The European Union hopes to achieve a big breakthrough in transatlantic trade relations with small fry. Faced with a U.S. refusal to cut indus…

LONDON (AP) Britain officially leaves the European Union on Jan. 31 after a debilitating political period that has bitterly divided the nation since the 2016 Brexit referendum. Difficult negotiations setting out the new relationship between Britain and its …

Policies to reward fertility can disguise vote-buying, or worseIT TAKES SURPRISINGLY little effort to get a Eurocrat to talk about sex. The European Commission plugs its various exchange programmes with cartoons of young people dreaming of meeting hot Spanish ladies and hunky French men. Spokespeople boast that such liaisons on…