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As the Brexit talks drag on, the formerly Remain-supporting prime minister is said to be planning to double her previous offer to the EU of roughly £20 billion to roughly £40 billion.

Hungary’s Viktor Orbán has launched a stunning denunciation of the mass migration and mass consumerism pushed on the West by global elites, declaring that the “true spirit of the age” points to a resurgence of conservative values centred on country, family, and tradition.

BRUSSELS (AP) – The prime ministers of Spain and Belgium have held talks over their testy bilateral relations as ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four secessionist allies prepare for an extradition court appearance in Brussels. Friday’s court hearing for

Brexit secretary David Davis has told a German business conference that his government is pursuing a ‘No Change’ transition deal with the EU, and that Britain will remain “the same country it has always been” after Brexit.

Thirty-one “youths” were arrested in Brussels on Wednesday at the Place de la Monnaie after the second riot in less than a week broke out in the Belgian capital.

German media has obtained a European Parliament report suggesting a ‘No Deal’ scenario after Brexit would leave a €10.2-billion hole in the European Union’s annual budget.

Brexit campaign leader Nigel Farage has called out billionaire open borders campaigner George Soros and his “reliable friends” for collusion on a grand scale.

European Union loyalists have repeatedly denied EU plans for defence and military integration since 2014.

The European Union has moved a step closer to an EU army with the signing of a joint military pact — with suggestions that Britain could foot part of the bill.

Around three-quarters of a million Catalans have marched to demand the release of local politicians arrested for their role in the drive for independence.

Hungary has taken the gloves off in its ongoing struggle with the EU over the forced redistribution of migrants, taking down European Parliament heavyweight Guy Verhofstadt in a pull-no-punches open letter.

California Governor Jerry Brown struggled to respond to critics of his climate change policies when he brought his message to the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The Catalan crisis is being called a “nightmare” and a “time bomb” for Belgium’s government.

The Spanish prosecutor has called for the controversial European Arrest Warrant (EAW) to be used against Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four members of his government after they refused to appear in court to face accusations of misuse of public funds, rebellion, and sedition.

BRUSSELS (AP) — Catalonia’s ousted regional president said Tuesday he traveled to Brussels to seek “freedom and safety” after Spain blocked his bid for Catalan independence and sought to bring charges against him that could put him in prison for decades.

With the EU inviting diehard Remainers to meetings in Brussels, Brexit campaign leader Nigel Farage is launching a fightback. Speaking to LBC listeners on his regular radio show, the former UKIP chief took aim at chief negotiator Michel Barnier for

The Catalan Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a motion to declare independence from Spain.

Alleged details of a meeting with EU leaders have been leaked, and suggest Theresa May is “begging” and “weak-spirited” at the negotiating table.

The Catalan government has suggested that the European Union will not survive if it allows Spain to impose direct rule.

An investigation has revealed that the European Parliament is a “hotbed of sexual harassment”, where senior MEPs who “feel they can do whatever they want” prey on young women.

The Hungarian government is pressing Brussels bureaucrats to adopt a more constructive and conciliatory stance in the Brexit negotiations, warning that a comprehensive trade agreement with Britain is “vital” for the European Union.

The President of the European Commission has said he does not believe the British have made “sufficient progress” on the EU’s demands, insisting “they have to pay” before the Brexit negotiations can progress to trade talks.

BRUSSELS (AP) – Belgian authorities say they have charged a man with terror offenses linked to the deadly suicide bomb attack on the Brussels airport in March 2016. The Federal Prosecutor’s office said Wednesday that a Belgian national identified as

The prime minister of Hungary has accused the European Union’s leadership of insulting member-states, abusing its powers, and “eating out of the hand” of billionaire open borders campaigner George Soros.

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) – The mass retreat of the Islamic State group from its territories in Syria and Iraq has left Europe grappling with the risk of foreign fighters returning home.

A senior eurocrat has accused Poland of “abdicating” its leading role in Central Europe by refusing to bend to the EU’s demands on migrant quotas and internal judicial reforms, and warned the country poses a greater existential threat to the bloc than Brexit.

Rumours are swirling that EU leaders may overrule the obstructionist stance of the European Commission and European Parliament on opening trade talks with the United Kingdom at their next Council meeting.

A large contingent of British MEPs — including two senior Tories — have been accused of ‘treachery’ after voting with their EU counterparts against progressing the Brexit negotiations to trade talks.

The European Union has doubled down on its support for police brutality in Catalonia, with European Commission First Vice-president Frans Timmermans dubbing it “proportionate use of force”.

The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly against progressing Brexit negotiations on to trade talks, deciding that Britain has not made “sufficient progress” on its demands with respect to the EU court and a so-called divorce bill.

The EU has broken its silence on the violent suppression of Catalonia independence referendum, with the Commission backing Madrid and the Vice-president of the European Parliament branding the vote a “nationalistic coup against Europe”.

Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament’s chosen representative in the Brexit negotiations, has responded to Prime Minister Theresa May’s concession-filled Florence speech by mocking her for “backstabbing and betrayal”.

Chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier has snubbed Theresa May’s efforts to win some concessions from Brussels, as it runs up its highest spending overhang ever.

The European Union’s unelected executive “pretty much dictated” parts of Theresa May’s Florence speech on Brexit, according to gloating bureaucrats in Brussels.

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President Trump’s new ambassador to the United Kingdom has pledged that the United States will stand by its mother country come what may after Brexit.