The European Commission said Thursday there was still "no white smoke" on a Brexit deal but it was ready to meet British Prime Minister Theresa May any time this week for further talks.
"So far no white smoke. We stand ready to receive prime minister May at any moment in time when they are ready," commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas toldRead more
The EU is confident of "stability and continuity" in Germany despite the collapse of talks to form a coalition government, leaving Chancellor Angela Merkel scrambling to save the country from crisis.
"We are confident that the German constitutional process will provide the basis for the stability and continuity that has been a trademark of German politics," said European Commission spokesmanRead more
The European Union on Wednesday will mull turning up the heat on Poland's rightwing government over plans to reshape the country's courts -- a drive critics say would undermine judicial freedom.
After launching reforms of the constitutional court following its election victory in late 2015, the Polish government last week moved to overhaul the entire judicial system.
"We are followingRead more
The EU-Turkey migrant deal is not perfect and its implementation continues to be difficult but there are no viable alternatives to it, Chief Spokesperson of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas was quoted by Sputnik as saying.
He added that the implementation of the agreement remained challenging.
"The EU-Turkey statement was a game changer which allowed us to brake the cruelRead more
Brussels warned London on Monday it must must refrain from any formal negotiations for bilateral trade deals with third countries until after its divorce from the EU.
The UK is allowed only to discuss trade agreements with other countries as long as it doesn't formally negotiate with them before it leaves the European Union, Bloomberg quoted European Commission spokesman MargaritisRead more
The European Union’s executive said it had a unanimous mandate from the bloc’s 28 members to finalize negotiations on a free trade deal with the US, a day after Germany’s economy minister said the talks had “de facto failed.”
Sigmar Gabriel of Germany, the EU’s biggest economy, said earlier that negotiations over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) hadRead more
The European Commission said its former head Jose Manuel Barroso will be bound by EU rules of professional secrecy at his controversial new job for US investment bank Goldman Sachs.
The bank has hired Barroso, who headed the executive of the 28-nation European Union from 2004 until 2014, as an adviser on the British public’s June 23 vote to leaveRead more