In its 2024 election manifesto, the Labour Party promised to "reset the relationship" between the UK and the EU. But seven months since Sir Keir Starmer won the general election, are we any closer ...

The French president views the prime minister as the “demandeur”, a leader humbled into returning to the EU fold because Britain has been weakened by Brexit, senior diplomats have reportedly said.

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The UK is "not choosing between the US and the EU", Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said after President Donald Trump threatened the European Union with trade tariffs. Over the weekend ...

Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and the weaponisation of energy have made diversification of energy supplies a necessity for EU countries. Diversification is a lengthy and ...

The Council of the EU has adopted a new law that will make it easier to exchange and access health data at EU level, paving the way for it to come into force. The European Health Data Space (EHDS) ...

EU looking into X's system for recommending content to users Seeks access to X interfaces, orders it to keep documents Latest clash between mainstream EU politicians and Musk BRUSSELS, Jan 17 ...

And it was also the slogan of Hungary's presidency of the EU in 2024 Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who is regarded as a hard-right populist by political scientists. Musk's megaphone sloganeering ...

The Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) is planning slashing more than four in five of its hubs worldwide - reducing from around 100 delegations to 18 hubs - according to ...

While warning of a possible attack by Russia in the coming years, Kallas added that the EU had for too long offered Russia alternatives. Kallas’s rallying cry was the latest in a slew of ...

Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. EU officials are drawing up fallback measures including the use of an 81-year-old law involving the Belgian ...