The Latest Breaking News from European Union

EU reportedly not open to UK returns agreement to fix the small boats crisis

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak sees a returns deal as part of a wider effort to prevent dangerous migrant Channel crossings.

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023

EU Split On Fiscal Policy After Over-Borrowing in Pandemic: Kiplinger Economic Forecasts

As inflation remains stagnant and the ECB mulls another rate hike, EU members are split on a policy requiring smaller budget deficits.

Kiplinger · Aug 14, 2023

Ministers’ attacks on civil servants ‘damaged Whitehall staff retention’

Exclusive: Ethics watchdog castigates government over power imbalance and effect on morale of erosion in conventions

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2023

Polish prime minister to hold referendum on EU’s immigration plan

Mateusz Morawiecki to ask voters if they want to accept ‘thousands of illegal immigrants’ under the bloc’s proposed new rules

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2023

Sunak under pressure over ‘appalling’ small boat deaths – as 500 more people cross Channel

Government accused of being ‘increasingly shambolic’ on crisis – but some Tories point finger of blame at French

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2023

Trade deficit in danger of being sidelined in UK’s fight against inflation

Only serious, long-term business investment will help structural problems and inequalities

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2023

Can you change a Brexit state of mind?

If departing the EU has failed to deliver, why is the UK still so divided? Seven years on, we ask behavioural psychologists if cognitive dissonance can be overcome

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2023

Polish government plans referendum asking if voters want 'thousands of illegal immigrants'

Poland’s ruling party wants to ask voters in a referendum if they support accepting “thousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Africa” as part of a European Union relocation plan

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2023

TikTok users in UK to be left with ‘more toxic’ version of app, say campaigners

Activists call on tech giant to extend a change making personalised algorithm optional to comply with rules for EEA countries

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2023

Let’s stop kidding ourselves we’re a rich nation and get real… the UK’s gone bust

Britain depends on the kindness of strangers to get by in the world. It doesn’t have to be like this

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2023