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Contents: Greece’s parliament raises taxes, cuts pensions to satisfy lenders; Germany’s government blocks debt relief for Greece, despite new austerity measures

The Court of Justice of the European Union has greatly expanded the unelected European Commission’s powers over trade policy, which streamlines the process of negotiating a UK/EU deal – but increases the influence of Brussels hardliners.

Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Union’s unelected executive Commission, has conceded leaks of a supposedly “disastrous” meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May in London were “a serious mistake” – but denied personal responsibility.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has reiterated Prime Minister Theresa May’s claim the European Union is attempting to influence Britain’s upcoming election.

British taxpayers will be billed over a million pounds for a European Union scheme to pay migrants around 1,000 euros each to leave the Greek islands, according to reports.

Germany has effectively declared war on Britain via its EU functionaries. How should Britain respond?

The European Union has started removing the United Kingdom from its maps, two years before it formally leaves the bloc.

Contents: Sharply divided Turkey approves referendum giving Erdogan near-dictatorial powers; Turkey’s referendum results will be closely scrutinized by Europe

The European Union (EU) told Hungary and Poland they face legal action if their populist governments continue refusing to take a share of illegal immigrants from the third world.

Former European Union employee Peter Mandelson has urged Prime Minister Theresa May to pay the £50 billion “ransom” the bloc has demanded as the price of Brexit.

France and Germany, along with a host of up to 21 other countries, are set to demand Hungary and Poland either accept migrants under the quota system or leave the European Union (EU).

Top eurocrats fear that should Marine Le Pen win the French presidency, the European Union will not survive. “From the [European] Commission’s point of view, success for Marine Le Pen is a disaster and an existential threat to the European

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has indicated that he will support parts of the U.S. breaking away as revenge for President Donald J. Trump supporting Britain’s decision to leave the European Union (EU) and predicting other countries will follow.

Calling for harsh sanctions on European Union (EU) nations refusing to welcome migrants, UN Human Rights Council Advisor Jean Ziegler said Germany’s open borders response to the crisis set a ‘great example’.

Top Eurocrat Julian King urged people “to keep in mind the growing menace of Right-wing violent extremism” just one day after a radical Islamic terrorist murdered a number of people in Westminster, London.

The European Union (EU) is to open asylum processing centres in West Africa and countries on the southern shore of the Mediterranean because the continent “need[s] six million migrants”, Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos has said.

The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, is gearing up to lead a charge for ‘more Europe’ in the face of calls to create a two-tier European project, sources within the Commission have said.

A Swedish MEP has called for asylum seekers arriving in the European Union (EU) to be assigned a destination country rather than have free choice.

European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria Michel Arrion has reportedly said that Europe’s “ageing population” means the continent needs to open up legal channels for Africans to migrate.

Failed asylum seekers at risk of absconding can be detained for up to 18 months while awaiting deportation, the European Commission has announced.

Contents: European leaders debate how the European Union can survive after Brexit; European nations split on the future of Europe

Europe could be inundated with as many as 20 million African migrants over the coming years, the president of the European Parliament has warned.

European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker will on Wednesday unveil his plan for the EU’s future after Britain’s departure, his spokesman said.

Bavarian lawmaker Stephan Mayer believes efforts by Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, to apply “harsh pressure” to the UK do not serve Germany’s interests. Juncker has told the Belgian parliament that Britain’s so-called divorce bill for leaving the

An unprecedented attempt by the European Union’s unelected executive to alter national policy in Poland, on the basis of supposed “rule of law” deficiencies, will end in failure, as Hungary refuses to support sanctions. The European Commission was attempting to

The President of the European Commission is that furious his plan, to use Brexit as a pretext to launch a new push to centralise power in Brussels, is being resisted by national governments.

The European Commission has denied claims its president, Jean-Claude Juncker, could stand down in weeks, as reports emerge he is about to launch a controversial new push for more European Union (EU) integration.

Jean-Claude Juncker, the former prime minister of Luxembourg who now serves as president of the European Commission, has told TIME magazine that the European Union (EU) is “beautiful” and admired around the world, and says Barack Obama was right to say the UK will be weaker outside it.

Declaring its conservative government a threat to ‘European values’, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for the European Union (EU) to consider activating a mechanism dubbed the ‘nuclear option’ against Poland.

The President of the European Commission will not stand for a second term so he can drive a hard Brexit deal and not be beholden to elected MEPs’ approval, sources claim.

Contents: Grexit risk: Greece may refuse a new round of austerity; Greece will evacuate 75,000 people in Thessaloniki to defuse WW II bomb

A top official of the European Union’s (EU) highest court says Member States must grant visas to persons who are at risk of degrading treatment.

New figures indicate that so-called “secret EU law making” in 2016 matched a previous all-time high, with every disagreement between the European Union (EU) Council and the European Parliament settled behind closed doors in private “trilogue” meetings. According to figures obtained from

A leading Swedish politician has called on the European Union (EU) to withhold funds from member-states resisting mass immigration in an interview with EUobserver.

Amnesty International slammed European laws against terror on Tuesday, warning that they “disproportionately affect” Muslims and migrants.

The president of the European Commission has declared himself a “global winner”, before claiming Brexit could accelerate the process of European integration.