The City of Brussels is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, and the capital of Belgium. Besides the strict centre, it also covers the immediate northern outskirts where it borders municipalities in Flanders. It is the administrative centre of the European Union, thus often dubbed, along with the region, the EU's capital city.
European Union leaders meeting in Brussels next week will push to agree to put the bloc on net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, their draft joint statement showed on Monday, heralding a bitter.. Reuters - Published
Incoming EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday the rule of law must hold everywhere in the bloc, signaling no respite for nationalist governments in Poland and Hungary at odds with.. Reuters - Published
France's public transport networks ground to a near halt on Thursday as unions dug in for a nationwide strike aimed at forcing President Emmanuel Macron to abandon plans to overhaul the country's..
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to hike up U.S. tariffs on French products at a NATO summit that marked a new low in U.S.-French relations. France and Brussels said they stood ready to..
Charles Michel, formerly Prime Minister of Belgium, took over from Donald Tusk as president of the European Council on Friday after a formal hand-over ceremony in Brussels. Francesca Lynagh reports.
Euronews took to the streets of Brussels to ask people to rate the incoming Commission's priorities for the first one hundred days in office.View on euronews
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The leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, said on Friday he would remain neutral in any second Brexit referendum, so he could credibly carry out the result of the vote and unite..
Arlene Foster has warned the Prime Minister the DUP will continue to say no to his Brexit deal unless he secures further concessions from Brussels. Addressing her party conference in Belfast, Ms Foster..
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Brussels ambassadors have agreed that an extension to Britain's membership of the EU is needed, but a decision on the length will not be made until next week. The EU 27 accepted the "principle of an..
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The 27 Brexit weary EU states met on Sunday and agreed they would forward a controversial letter from the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to the European Parliament this week for approval.
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A look at possible Brexit outcomes after the Prime Minister reluctantly writes to Brussels asking for an extension to the Brexit deadline. Boris Johnson lost a historic House of Commons vote - which..
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Michael Gove has insisted the UK will leave the EU by October 31 despite the Government asking Brussels for a delay. Asked if he could guarantee that the UK would leave the EU by Halloween, the..
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Boris Johnson has tried to distance himself from a legally required request for a Brexit extension by stressing to the EU it was sent to Brussels at Parliament's bidding.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he hoped lawmakers would go ahead with a vote on Saturday on the divorce deal he struck this week with the European Union and this would be the moment Britain would..
Prime Minister Boris Johnson departed Downing Street to vote on his last minute Brexit deal in an extraordinary sitting of the British parliament on Saturday (19 October), a day of reckoning that could..
Around 50 anti-Brexit demonstrators gathered near the European Council building in Brussels on Thursday as the EU and the UK announced that a Brexit outline deal had been reached.
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European Council President Donald Tusk told reporters that a deal is always better than no deal. Following days of intense negotiations, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced an agreement had been..
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European Commission chief negotiator Michel Barnier outlines the details of the Brexit deal reached between the UK and the EU. Speaking at a press conference in Brussels he said: "Throughout these..
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Thousands of people protested in Brussels on Sunday against violence targeting women, placing pairs of women's shoes painted red outside a court to symbolize victims of femicide. Reuters - Published
Brussels has launched legal action against the UK over Boris Johnson's failure to nominate a new EU commissioner to send to Brussels. Independent - Published
Romania's new Prime Minister Ludovic Orban will propose an European Commissioner to Brussels only after consultations with President Klaus Iohannis, but this nomination will come "as soon as possible." Reuters - Published
The Brexit Party will fight every seat in England, Scotland and Wales in the 12 December general election unless prime minister Boris Johnson tears up his deal with Brussels, leader Nigel Farage has.. Independent - Published
A Brussels court has ordered Belgium to repatriate from Syria within 75 days a woman whose husband fought for Islamic State and her children. Reuters - Published
Belgium said on Wednesday it denied a residence permit to the director of the Confucius Institute in Brussels, Xinning Song, who told Reuters he had been banned from entering the country because he was.. Reuters - Published
Catalonia's pro-independence former leader Carles Puigdemont said on Tuesday that a Brussels court had postponed to Dec. 16 a hearing on an arrest warrant from Spain for his extradition. Reuters - Published
EU member states will wait for Britain's reply to its offer of a 3-month delay to Brexit before launching a "written procedure" whereby governments will have 24 hours to accept or reject the agreement.. Reuters - Published
European Union envoys to Brussels will discuss on Friday the length of another delay to Brexit, with an official from the bloc saying the choice was between 3 months and a "two-tier" lag but warning.. Reuters - Published
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper is expected to focus on Turkey's offensive into Syria and the fight against Islamic State when he meets NATO partners in Brussels this week, but he has limited options.. Reuters - Published
Britain will have to propose a candidate for a commissioner in the next European Commission if it still is a member of the European Union after October 31, incoming Commission head Ursula von der Leyen.. Reuters - Published
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Tuesday he would await further developments from London and Brussels about a possible extension to Brexit after his British counterpart lost a crucial vote in.. Reuters - Published
Britain's departure from the European Union was thrown into chaos on Tuesday after parliament rejected Prime Minister Boris Johnson's swift timetable to ratify his exit deal, prompting him to halt the.. Reuters - Published
Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell has said that Boris Johnson's two letters to the EU may be in contempt of parliament. Independent - Published
An entirely pointless day has drawn to its pointless end. White is black; black is white; the prime minister isn't going to break the law, but he isn't going to not break it Independent - Published
A spokesman for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson refused to answer any questions on Saturday about the government's next steps on Brexit, including when or if Johnson would write to Brussels.. Reuters - Published
Summits are usually a chance for European Union leaders to discuss problems and try to strengthen their union. But after two days of talks in Brussels, the only issue they could agree on is the very.. Reuters - Published
A Brussels court, which will rule on whether to accept an arrest warrant issued by Spain for former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, will convene on October 29, the Brussels prosecutor said. Reuters - Published
Britain will be on course for more distant economic ties with the European Union, making the country poorer, if Prime Minister Boris Johnson wins parliamentary backing for the Brexit deal he clinched.. Reuters - Published
Britain will be on course for more distant economic ties with the European Union, making the country poorer, if Prime Minister Boris Johnson wins parliamentary backing for the Brexit deal he clinched.. Reuters - Published
Prime Minister Boris Johnson told his fellow European Union leaders that he was relatively positive about their new Brexit deal passing the House of Commons, an EU official said after the British.. Reuters - Published
Britain clinched a Brexit deal with the European Union on Thursday, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said, just a few hours before the start of a summit of the bloc's leaders in.. Reuters - Published
EU leaders are refusing to negotiate face-to-face with Boris Johnson at today's summit in Brussels, dashing hopes that a Brexit deal could be struck at the meeting. Independent - Published
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said a deal on Britain's exit from the EU was still possible as EU leaders headed to Brussels on Thursday for a two-day summit dominated by last-gasp negotiations. Reuters - Published
Talks between Britain and the European Union were continuing in Brussels on Thursday, with the issue of what VAT sales tax will be applied to Northern Ireland after Brexit yet to be resolved, a British.. Reuters - Published