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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has warned that “bully boys” like the next European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, will construct a more federalised European Union.

Ursula von der Leyen was confirmed as the European Commission president Tuesday, becoming the first woman to hold one of the most prestigious positions in the European Union and who will be one of the most prominent faces from the bloc on the world stage.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has warned that an EU under Ursula von der Leyen would “take control of ever single aspect” of Europeans’ lives.

EU Council President Donald Tusk is throwing his political weight behind Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen to get her elected as European Commission president.

Ursula von der Leyen has told British lawmakers she “hope[s] you remain” in the European Union, adding that she would not reopen Brexit negotiations.

Germany and the European Commission have urged European Union member states to take in migrants, with the German government set to highlight the issue at a meeting next week.

BRUSSELS (AP) – European Council President Donald Tusk appealed Thursday to hostile MEPs to endorse a raft of nominees for some of the EU’s most coveted jobs amid accusations that he and the bloc’s leaders hand-picked the candidates in a series of shady backroom deals.

BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union leaders launched a new round of talks Sunday in desperate hopes of producing a breakthrough in a diplomatic fight over who should fill top leadership posts at the 28-nation bloc.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has commented on the upcoming elections for the next European Union Commission, saying the new leaders must respect national sovereignty and Europe’s Christian culture. The conservative Hungarian leader made his comments on broadcaster Kossuth Radio, saying his

European Commission finance chief Günther Oettinger has admitted that there is “not really a court” to force the UK to pay the EU the Brexit ‘divorce bill’.

President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has hailed German Chancellor Angela Merkel as a “loveable work of art”. Speaking to Politico, the outgoing president of the European Union’s executive arm said that he believed the German chancellor, who is

President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has ruled out time-limiting the Irish backstop as a number of European leaders are telling prospective Tory Party leadership hopefuls that a new prime minister will not be able to change the withdrawal treaty.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has complained that he does not have a stately home or aeroplane available to him.

The European Union Commission has given the populist Italian coalition government 48 hours to address deficit spending concerns or face potential sanctions procedures if they fail to comply with the bloc’s rules.

Outgoing President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has railed against populists and nationalists for being patriotic.

Globalist censorship enthusiast Michel Barnier has “great” qualities to be the next president of the European Commission, according to Emmanuel Macron.

Jean-Claude Juncker’s European Commission is riddled with false expenses claims and cases of harassment, it has emerged.

EU President Jean-Claude Juncker was handed the European leader of the year prize at the European Leadership Awards gala ceremony on Monday.

Reopening Italian ports to NGO boats has “become urgent” amid fighting in Libya, the European Commission has said, declaring a common EU asylum policy “essential” for sharing future migrants out across the bloc.

Vice President of the European Commission Jyrki Katainen has said demanded Poland hand over more money to the EU and said it should adopt the euro single currency.

The EU will make sure eurosceptic candidates are blocked from top jobs in Brussels regardless of the results of May’s election, Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker has bragged.

The European Parliament has approved a multi-billion euro EU Defence Fund described as “terrible and highly political” by a senior British Armed Forces veteran, as the bloc’s plans for a European Army — once dismissed as “fantasy” — plod forwards.

Information about talks between Tony Blair and George Soros have been redacted from official reports from Davos meetings published by the European Commission, it is alleged.

Deadly Easter suicide bombings targeting Christians in Sri Lanka were an attack on people of “all faiths”, according to EU Foreign Affairs chief Federica Mogherini.

Britain should use the six-month delay before Brexit to “cool down” and reverse its decision to leave the EU, Frans Timmermans has said.

The EU has set up its own “fact checking” service in order to combat the spread of so-called “fake news” ahead of May’s European elections.

Europe must take a “proactive approach” to increasing the level of immigration to the bloc, according to a new European Commission report proclaiming migrants would become “increasingly important” in the EU strategy for economic growth.

The Hungarian government claims a suspected Islamic State terrorist who entered Europe posing as a refugee was in possession of a pre-paid debit card from the European Union, and that the EU has issued 64,000 such cards to migrants. 

The Czech Republic’s right-populist president Andrej Babiš has criticised the cost for host nations to hold the rotating Council of the European Union — one of seven presidents of the bloc.

The European Commission has announced that all of its preparatory work for a clean, no-deal Brexit is complete — four days before the UK was officially scheduled to leave the bloc.

Internal documents reveal that Brussels plans to incorporate the controversial UN migration pact into the EU’s legal framework “through the back door”, Austria and Hungary have warned.

The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has told the UK to “finalise preparations for no deal” after Prime Minister Theresa May announced that she is set to ask the bloc to delay Brexit.

Some 40 people were preventively evacuated from a building near to European Union headquarters in Brussels after a bomb threat was sent to a company linked to the EU.

Senior EU officials have reportedly said they would only accept a long delay to Brexit if the UK uses the time to decide between cancelling Brexit, agreeing a softer exit — staying in the Single Market and Customs Union — or calling a second referendum.

Theresa May has secured some last-minute concessions on her proposed deal with the European Union ahead of Parliament’s second vote on it.

They grew up in Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia and can place Israel on a map, but many young refugees in Sweden have never heard of the Holocaust.