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Down one country, the EU is proposing a new system for adding members as the bloc eyes two Western Balkan nations.

Ursula von der Leyen said the EU needs “credible military capabilities” adding that a European army would be “complementary” to the NATO.

Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar has declared that Ireland is “on team EU” and thanked the bloc for its “solidarity” while telling its British neighbours they must agree to abide by Brussels’ anti-competitive “level playing field” rules after Brexit to secure a trade deal.

Brussels will act in a “political” manner and could bar the United Kingdom’s financial hub from its markets should Prime Minister Boris Johnson attempt to free the nation from burdensome regulations imposed by the bloc.

The new President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has urged British students to “choose collaboration” with the European Union over “isolation” in a speech to the London School of Economics (LSE).

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union said Wednesday it “will spare no efforts” in its attempts to keep alive an international deal preventing Iran from developing atomic weapons. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said her foreign affairs chief

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to tell the president of the European Commission that he is ready to walk away from the EU without a trade deal at the end of the transition period.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) – The new European Commission president says she chose Africa as her first visit outside Europe as it has some of the world´s fastest-growing economies and some of its biggest challenges, including climate change.

This is part of an ambitious plan by incoming President Ursula von der Leyen for the EU to become the world’s first Zero Carbon entity.

With election campaigning in full swing for its Dec. 12 election, Britain has informed its European Union partners that it will not name a new commissioner to the EU´s executive arm despite an obligation to do so.

The next European Commission president says she wants to spend almost a third more on foreign policy goals over the next half decade to better establish the EU as a global player.

BERLIN (AP) — The incoming head of the European Union’s executive branch is pressing for the bloc to open membership talks with North Macedonia and Albania after its leaders failed to agree last month on launching the negotiations.

The president-elect of the European Union’s executive Commission is defending NATO after French President Macron claimed that a lack of U.S. leadership is causing the military alliance’s “brain death.”

The European Union (E.U.) is set to make a multi-million euro increase on funding private jet “taxis” for its officials, while also claiming to be a “global climate leader” demanding carbon emission cuts by 50 percent, if not 55 percent, by 2030.

Open borders activists have criticised the “fascist rhetoric” and “deeply worrying” new vice president commissioner role of “Protecting Our European Way of Life” — despite the role focusing on integrating migrants and working on a new EU asylum pact, not stopping mass migration.

European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen finalized a list Monday of the people she wants working with her when she takes the helm of the European Union’s executive branch in November.

Pope Francis said that citizens of European nations should put the good of Europe before that of their own countries in a remarkably frank interview Friday.

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 is supposed to become President of the European Commission, the EU’s top job. But who is she?

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.

Ursula von der Leyen, who was recently considered a candidate to replace Angela Merkel as German Chancellor and who grabbed headlines in 2017 for appearing to lecture Donald Trump over his language could be the next leader of the European Commission. 

Rabbis stand ready join the ranks of the German army for the first time in 100 years, as the Bundeswehr looks to expand pastoral care for Jews in all services amid signs of a resurgence of anti-Semitism.

Germany’s defence minister has confirmed that “a united EU military is becoming a reality,” after her ally and Chancellor Angela Merkel backed Emmanuel Macron’s call for a “real European army.”

Germany’s defense minister has deflected attention from her country’s failure to meet NATO defense-spending obligations, insisting Tuesday that Germany is already doing enough for NATO in other ways without spending 2 percent of GDP on defense.