British Prime Minister Boris Johnson met European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Monday for the first time since taking office, as efforts to prevent a no-deal Brexit on October 31 show little sign of progress.
Commission president-elect Ursula von der Leyen has revealed the list of the new commissioners nominated by the member states. She will announce the portfolios on Tuesday, that every commissioner will receive.
After negotiating her own confirmation as president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen must now put together a 27-nation team to help her run the bloc
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the leader of the conservative New Democracy (ND) party, is to be sworn in as Greece's new prime minister on Monday. Economic reforms and bilateral collaborations with Europe are on his agenda.
European leaders and Prime Minister Theresa May agree on a short delay to Britain's divorce from the European Union in the hope of ensuring an orderly Brexit.
Three months from the European Parliament election, the assembly's dominant centre-right bloc has been weakened by a rift over how to handle Hungary's populist leader Viktor Orban.
Last week, former UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage, who has been one of the strongest voices behind Brexit, caused a stir by suggesting he was close to backing calls for a second referendum.
European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker promised Slovakia and other eastern EU states he would help stamp out the "unacceptable" sale of lower quality food products in their markets.
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