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Martin Selmayr, the head of the EU bureaucracy once described as the ‘Rasputin of Brussels’, mocked England after they were knocked out of the World Cup by Croatia on social media. 

Brexit leader Nigel Farage has slammed the European Commission president for building an army to rival NATO and the U.S. military, claiming the bloc is “hell-bent to be in direct collision with Donald Trump”.

The European Commission President has opened a speech to the Irish Senate by saying he was “not drunk” but would prefer to be, before warning of a “no deal” Brexit.

Canadian freethinker Jordan Peterson has joined anti-Communist groups in slamming EU boss Jean-Claude Juncker for unveiling a statue in honour of Karl Marx.

EU boss Jean-Claude Juncker argued Marx should not be judged for the Communist atrocities that took place in his name.

BRUSSELS (AP) – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Thursday appealed to Belgium to grant nationality to Britons who work at the European Union’s vast executive arm, as Brexit approaches next year.

The EU is in disarray as member-states push back against its next long-term budget, which will require significantly higher payments once Britain leaves.

The European Union, long-promoted as a ‘peace project’ by supporters, is seeking to create a laser weapon which can disintegrate human heads.

Norway’s government has signalled its support for the UK being handed access to European Union markets after Brexit, which it is likely to agree to.

The stench of hypocrisy and the reek of duplicity remain alive and well with the EU and its camp followers on trade tariffs, writes Global Britain’s Brian Monteith.

Donald Trump is getting tough on the European Union, after the bloc’s unelected leaders threatened to levy punitive tariffs on iconic American brands in response to his attempts to protect American steelworkers.

The European Union is poised to drag Britain into a damaging trade war with the United States, as Brussels prepares to retaliate against measures designed to protect American metalworkers.

The European Union has backed down from its plans to insert a ‘punishment clause’ into its Brexit deal with the United Kingdom, after leading Leave campaigners including Jacob Rees-Mogg said the country would not “roll over” for Brussels.

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker is maintaining the offer for Britain to remain in the EU even after both sides have entered the second phase of their divorce negotiations.

The president of the European Commission has said he thinks Brexit will go ahead and there will not be a second referendum, whilst warning remaining member states they will have to pay more into the bloc’s budget.

Countries which “do not want to open the door” to Muslim migrants and try to “protect Christianity” could “destroy Europe”, claims the EU’s longest-serving foreign minister.

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

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 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.

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.

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 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”.

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

Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, has called for the European Union (EU) to rapidly push ahead with the creation of an EU army.

Jean-Claude Juncker has made a bid to greatly increase the European Union’s powers in a State of the Union address which Brexit campaign leader Nigel Farage has branded “the most open, honest, and truly worrying speech” he has heard in all his years in the European Parliament.

Pay up to Brussels, or give every British citizen 923.076 quid and call it a day? I’d take the money and run, writes Professor Ted Malloch.

Tony Blair has met with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker for private talks, as the UK attempts to negotiate its exit from the EU

BRUSSELS (AFP) – It’s a problem many people will be familiar with: forgetting to turn your phone off during an important meeting, then it rings with a call from home. Except that for European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker it apparently

BRUSSELS (AP) — The head of the European Union’s executive body denounced the bloc’s parliament as “totally ridiculous” during a spat over the meager attendance at Tuesday’s plenary session for the prime minister of tiny Malta. After EU Commission President

As negotiations in Brussels stumble on the question of EU migrants and the European Court’s powers over Britain after Brexit, a former judge has accused the bloc of “judicial imperialism”.

Theresa May has responded to the European Union’s escalating demands for Britain to pay a Brexit “divorce bill” by claiming that the bloc may owe money to the UK. The European Commission is thought to be seeking a settlement worth

The Court of Justice of the European Union has greatly expanded the unelected European Commission’s powers over trade policy, which streamlines the process of negotiating a UK/EU deal – but increases the influence of Brussels hardliners.

Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Union’s unelected executive Commission, has conceded leaks of a supposedly “disastrous” meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May in London were “a serious mistake” – but denied personal responsibility.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has reiterated Prime Minister Theresa May’s claim the European Union is attempting to influence Britain’s upcoming election.

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has claimed the English language is losing relevance after the Brexit vote.