The Latest Breaking News from European Union

Senior Hamas commander killed by Israeli police in West Bank, IDF says – as it happened

Wassem Hazem, commander in Jenin, killed in car Israel says container weapons and cash

The Guardian - AU · Aug 30, 2024

Starmer’s Berlin trip was a real success. But let’s not confuse Germany with the EU

If the British prime minister wants a closer relationship with the EU, he needs to go to Brussels, not just Berlin and Paris says the German historian Helene von Bismarck

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2024

Push for gender equality stalls as men dominate nominations for EU commission

Hopes that the next European Commission would be equally made up of women and men are floundering after member states put forward an overwhelmingly male list of candidates – defying EU chief Ursula von der Leyen's instructions to submit balanced picks.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 30, 2024

‘No democratic legitimacy’: EU rejects Maduro’s Venezuela election win claim

EU foreign policy head says members have given up hope of seeing voting tallies in disputed presidential election

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2024

The Guardian view on Keir Starmer in Europe: a visit about more than Brexit

Editorial: The prime minister’s talks in Berlin and Paris will help to reset relations. But the most urgent challenge is to combat populism together

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2024

Germany to harden weapons laws and asylum rules after Solingen stabbing

Coalition government hopes tough action will prevent far-right victories in forthcoming state elections

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2024

EU's top diplomat ramps up pressure on Ukraine's backers to permit strikes on targets inside Russia

The European Union's top diplomat is pressing Ukraine’s international backers to lift restrictions on the use of weapons they provide so the country's armed forces can strike military targets inside Russia

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2024

Starmer hopes Scholz and Macron can help him soften Brexit – but is his strategy doomed to fail?

Britain’s new prime minister has struck up a close relationship with Paris and Berlin and needs their help to unpick problems caused by Brexit, says David Maddox. But it is a strategy full of risk...

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2024

EU states working on fresh proposal for youth mobility scheme with UK

Giving young people chance to work, learn and train across Europe is ‘glue’ between countries, says German ambassador

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2024

Let us strike deep inside Russia where it will hurt them, Ukraine pleads with West

Ukrainian officials will arrive in Washington this week to urge the US to allow Ukraine to fire Western-supplied missiles deeper into Russia

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2024