# Negotiations

ARCHIVE - 12.04.2016 - France, Strasbourg: A European flag blows in front of the European Parliament. (dpa "Merkel and Macron want investment offensive for Europe" from 19.06.2018) Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand / dpa
ARCHIVE - 12.04.2016 - France, Strasbour […]
Migrants

Germany, Italy, Austria, others to hold migration talks on Sunday

Several European leaders including those of France, Germany, Italy and Austria will hold talks on Sunday on migration, an issue bringing bitter political divisions to a head in Europe and increasingly in the United States.
4 days ago
Der Stahlabstich im Hüttenwerk Krupp Mannesmann (HKM) beleuchtet die Wolken über Duisburg. Unternehmen aus den EU-Ländern müssen künftig Strafzölle auf Exporte von Stahl und Aluminium in die USA zahlen. (zu dpa «USA verhängen Strafzölle auf Stahl und Aluminium gegen EU-Länder» vom 31.05.2018)
Der Stahlabstich im Hüttenwerk Krupp Ma […]
Trade

EU announces retaliatory tariffs on US from July

The European Union on Wednesday announced it will start imposing duties from July on a list of U.S. products in response to President Donald Trump's decision to slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Europe.
3 weeks ago
A British (l) and an EU flag (r) hang on 09.01.2018 in Offenbach (Hesse) at a production site of the subsidiary of a British company. Commissioner Oettinger wants Germany and the other Member States to move from 2021 to higher payments into the European budget. After Brexit, Britain would be missing as an EU net contributor. Photo: Frank Rumpenhorst / dpa
A British (l) and an EU flag (r) hang on […]
Brexit

EU laments lack of progress in Brexit talks

Brexit talks have reached into space, with the European Union and Britain fighting over the rights that London will have to the multi-billion Galileo satellite navigation system and its security-sensitive information.
1 month ago
15.05.2018, Belgium, Brussels: Mohamed Jawad Sarif_ (l), Foreign Minister of Iran, meets EU chief diplomat Federica Mogherini in the European building. Foreign ministers from Berlin, Paris and London meet EU chief diplomat and Iranian colleagues. First, European foreign ministers will meet with EU foreign policy chief Mogherini. Then Iranian Foreign Minister Sarif joins. Photo: Thierry Monasse / POOL / AP / dpa +++ (c) dpa - broadcasting +++
15.05.2018, Belgium, Brussels: Mohamed J […]
Defence and security

EU leaders united over need to preserve Iran nuclear deal

From the moment that US president Donald Trump announced his renunciation of the Iran nuclear accord on Tuesday night, European leaders proclaimed their determination to save it.
1 month ago
ARCHIVE - 22.03.2018, Belgium, Brussels: British Prime Minister Theresa May (M) sits between French President Emmanuel Macron (l) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (r) just before their tripartite meeting at the EU summit. (to dpa "Macron: Berlin, Paris and London regret US exit" from 08.05.2018) Photo: Francois Lenoir / Pool Reuters / dpa +++ (c) dpa - Visual Communication +++
ARCHIVE - 22.03.2018, Belgium, Brussels: […]
Defence and security

EU vows to preserve Iran deal as relations with US enter crossroads

The European Union has been using all diplomatic channels to convince US President Donald Trump to stick with the Iran nuclear deal. With Trump deciding to go against the EU's pleas and withdraw his country from the agreement, EU-US relations might be coming to a breaking point.
2 months ago
24.04.2018, Belgium, Brussels: Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Staffan de Mistura, UN envoy to Syria, speak at a press conference at the Syria Conference. At the beginning of a two-day donor conference for the victims of the Syrian civil war, aid organizations have called for generous financial commitments. Photo: Thierry Roge / BELGA / dpa +++ (c) dpa -Bildfunk+++
24.04.2018, Belgium, Brussels: Federica […]
Eurozone

EU to urge regional powers to ensure progress on Syria peace talks

The European Union on Thursday called for a swift restart of the stalled United Nations peace talks for Syria, worried by Russia’s efforts to tighten the grip on power of its ally, President Bashar al-Assad.
2 months ago
ARCHIVE - On an iPhone, the logo of "Twitter" is displayed in the App Store, taken on 07.11.2013 in Dresden (Saxony). Photo: Arno Burgi / dpa (to dpa "stockbrokers celebrate Twitter quarterly figures" from 28.07.2015) +++ (c) dpa - Bil dfunk+++
ARCHIVE - On an iPhone, the logo of "Twi […]
Digitalization

EU commissioner welcomes Twitter’s moves on political ad transparency

European Commission Vice President Ansip welcomed Twitter's intention to increase transparency in US political advertising and said he expected the same steps to be implemented in Europe.
2 months ago
Demonstrators wave EU and UK flags in London (UK) on 16.01.2018 in an anti-Brexit demonstration in front of the British Parliament in Westminster. Photo: Tom Nicholson / Zuma Press / dpa +++ (c) dpa - broadcasting +++
Demonstrators wave EU and UK flags in Lo […]
Brexit

British anti-Brexit groups launch ‘People’s Vote’ campaign

MPs, celebrities and business leaders have launched a campaign calling for a public vote on the final Brexit deal between the UK and the European Union.
2 months ago
British Prime Minister Theresa May walks over the "Wildfowl and Wetland Trust" site in London (UK) on 13.01.2018. The British government wants to drastically reduce the consumption of plastic by 2042. This announced Prime Minister Theresa May in a speech on 11.01.2018. Photo: Dan Kitwood / PA Wire / dpa +++ (c) dpa -Bildfunk+++
British Prime Minister Theresa May walks […]
Brexit

Pro-Brexit Conservatives urge clean break from EU

More than 60 Conservative lawmakers have written to British Prime Minister Theresa May demanding a quick, clean break from the European Union.
4 months ago