The Latest Breaking News from Brussels

UK could become an ‘EU lite’ member of bloc, suggests Franco-German report

Blue-sky exercise envisages four levels of membership to allow for countries having looser ties to the union

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2023

Brexit: Labour will seek re-write of deal in 2025, says Sir Keir Starmer

Labour leader says party will seek closer relations with Brussels when deal is up for review in 2025

Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2023

Labour would seek ‘much better’ Brexit deal from Brussels – Starmer

The Labour leader spent the weekend meeting fellow centre-left leaders in Montreal.

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023

Starmer vows to ‘take control’ of small boats as he trades barbs with Sunak

The Labour leader visited The Hague for talks with Europol on sharing intelligence and joint operations to stop trafficking gangs.

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023

Keir Starmer vows to strike migrants return deal with EU

Tories accuse Labour of ‘surrending’ control of immigration to Brussels – as Starmer promises to put people-smuggling ‘on a par’ with terrorism

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023

Serbia and Kosovo leaders are in Brussels for talks. Getting them into the same room won't be easy

The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo are holding a fresh round of meetings aimed at improving their strained relations

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023

The signs that the EU has completely changed its perspective on adding new members since Russia invaded Ukraine

In her annual address on the state of the European Union, Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has given her strongest signal yet of the intention to add Ukraine and other nations as member states. Her speech was the latest sign that Brussels is thinking completely differently about EU enlargement…

The Conversation · Sep 13, 2023

The Guardian view on Brexit’s fantasy: waking to a nightmare foretold

Editorial: As Britons grow unhappier with being outside the EU, the UK is having to admit it needs closer relations with Brussels

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2023

EU rebukes its representative in Austria over 'blood money' comment on Russian gas imports

The European Union’s executive branch has strongly criticized the bloc’s representative in Austria for accusing the country of paying “blood money” to Russia for gas supplies

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023

Brussels Midi Station, once a stately gateway to Belgium, has turned into a festering sore

Belgium has acknowledged that its primary rail gateway has become a festering sore of drug abuse, poverty and violence

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023