Brexit naysayer Guy Verhofstadt, 70, insisted Britain will rejoin the European Union in his lifetime and outlined his vision for an EU “empire” complete with its own fully functioning army. He also suggested the bloc would increase significantly in size in terms
European Union big-hitter Charles Michel’s confirmation that he is to stand for a seat in the European Parliament later this year has exposed the increasingly bitter “squabbling” at the heart of the bloc, a Brussels-based expert has said. Mr Michel’s surprising announcement
The EU could force ordinary citizens to pay more into the Brussels bloc amid a financial crisis. Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo suggested that the EU could impose more bloc-wide taxes on citizens, as Brussels struggles for money. Brussels is currently
New Argentinian President Javier Milei has announced that he will not let his country join the China and Russia-led BRICS trading bloc, dealing a major blow to the trade group’s ambitions. The reversal comes after Milei’s team indicated that they merely planned
European parliamentary elections in June could be as crucial as the US presidential race, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warned. He expressed concern that voters’ fear of the unknown might lead them to support right-wing populist parties. Borrell believes fear generates
The European Commission is under heavy fire after it apparently published a document headed with the coat of arms of the fascist former government of Croatia, which was an ally of the Nazis in World War Two. Red-faced officials have since removed
The European Union is facing a major crisis as nearly a dozen nations inside the bloc have rebelled against Brussels’ policies on border checks, sparking fears the union could come crumbling down. Among those issues that blunt warning is ex-MEP Ben Habib,
European Union chiefs have been dealt a crushing blow after the publication of a damning new report which suggests the bloc is poised to miss most of its 2030 green objectives. The analysis, published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) today, considers
European MEPs have condemned recent propositions to alter the EU’s founding agreements, the European treaties, that could turn the bloc into an “oligarchic European superstate”. The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), a group of rightwing lawmakers within the bloc, spoke out against
The 27 European Union leaders have agreed to open talks for Ukraine and Moldova to join the bloc in a massive breakthrough. The move comes after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban threatened to veto. Charles Michel, president of the European Council, said: