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People visit the Chiesa del Gesu church in Rome, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. In times when a pandemic unleashes death and poverty, the concept of what is essential to keep society functioning in a lockdown is gripping Europe. What may stay open in one country may be designated as non-essential just across the border. Churches in Italy have stayed open, but require social distancing. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Books? Hairdressers? Europeans split on lockdown essentials

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2020 file photo, a waiter checks the final revenue as he closes a bar terrace in Paris. The coronavirus pandemic is gathering strength again in Europe and, with winter coming, its restaurant industry is struggling. The spring lockdowns were already devastating for many, and now a new set restrictions is dealing a second blow. Some governments have ordered restaurants closed; others have imposed restrictions curtailing how they operate. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, File)

Virus is pummeling Europe’s eateries — and winter is coming

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

European Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Michel Barnier leaves after addressing a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. European Union leaders met in person for the first day of a two-day summit, amid the worsening coronavirus pandemic, to discuss topics ranging from Brexit to climate and relations with Africa. (Yves Herman, Pool via AP)

UK says EU trade talks ‘over’ but bloc sees room for a deal

By JILL LAWLESS and RAF CASERT - Associated Press

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, and Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo speaks with the media as they arrive for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. European Union leaders are meeting in person for a two-day summit amid the worsening coronavirus pandemic to discuss topics ranging from Brexit to climate and relations with Africa. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)

EU chief self-isolates as virus makes its mark at a summit

By LORNE COOK and RAF CASERT - Associated Press

An owner of the Beers Bank pub removes chairs and tables from the terrace of the bar at the end of the day in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Since bars in Brussels were forced to close as of Thursday for at least a month to deal with a massive surge in cases while restaurants were allowed to remain open, the big question on the streets is: when is a bar a bar and when is a bar a restaurant. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Bar or restaurant? The big issue in pandemic-struck Brussels

By RAF CASERT and MARK CARLSON - Associated Press

European lawmakers, wearing face masks to fight against the spread of the coronavirus, attend a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. (Yves Herman/Pool Photo via AP)

Brussels bars to shut for a month after spike in virus cases

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, left, speaks with European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell during a meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)

EU fails to agree Belarus sanctions despite opposition plea

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

he Foreign Ministers of the European Union, Bogdan Aurescu (Romania, l-r), Urmas Reinsalu (Estonia), Nikos Christodoulides (Cyprus), Gordan Grlic Radman (Croatia), Edgars Rinkevics (Latvia), Ekaterina Zaharieva (Bulgaria), Arancha Gonzales Laya (Spain), Ivan Korcok (Slovakia), Josep Borrell (EU Foreign Affairs Commissioner), Pekka Haavisto (Finland), Jean-Yves Le Drian (France), Peter Szijjarto (Hungary), David McAllister (EU Member of Parliament), Evarist Bartolo (Malta), Heiko Maas (SPD, Germany), Jeppe Kofod (Denmark), Jean Asselborn (Luxembourg), Linas Antanas Linkevicius (Lithuania), Luigi Di Maio (Italy), Ann Linde (Sweden), Augusto Santos Silva (Portugal), Philippe Goffin (Belgium), Alexander Schallenberg (Austria), Tomas Petricek (Czech Republic), Anze Logar (Slovenia), Zbigniew Rau (Poland), Stef Blok (Netherlands), Nikos Dendias (Greece), and a few others have lined up for the family photo on the sidelines of the informal talks of the EU foreign ministers in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. The topics of the so-called Gymnich meeting include developments in Belarus and the dispute over natural gas in the eastern Mediterranean between Turkey and the EU states of Greece and Cyprus. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

EU urges Turkey to stop drilling in Med, ponders sanctions

By LORNE COOK and GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Monday, July 20, 2020. Leaders from 27 European Union nations stretch their meeting into a fourth day on Monday to assess an overall budget and recovery package spread over seven years. (Stephanie Lecocq, Pool Photo via AP)

Dutch ‘Dr. Superstrict’ Rutte influential in EU virus deal

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, center, leaves the European Council building in the early morning during an EU summit in Brussels, Monday, July 20, 2020. Leaders from 27 European Union nations met throughout the night Sunday to assess an overall budget and recovery package spread over seven years estimated at some 1.75 trillion to 1.85 trillion euros. The summit will continue into its fourth day on Monday. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, Pool)

Insults, slammed fists: EU virus summit goes into 4th day

By Raf Casert and Mike Corder - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2019, file photo, demonstrators wave British flags during a rally outside the British Consulate in Hong Kong. From Tokyo to Brussels, political leaders have swiftly decried Beijing's move to impose a tough national security law on Hong Kong that cracks down on subversive activity and protest in the semi-autonomous territory. But the rhetoric from democratic nations has more bark than bite. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Divided West can do little as China tightens up on Hong Kong

By SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press

In this Monday, May 25, 2020, file photo, people stroll at Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower in Paris. European Union envoys are close to finalizing a list of countries whose citizens will be allowed back into Europe once it begins lifting coronavirus-linked restrictions. The United States appears almost certain not to make the list, as new infections surge and given that President Donald Trump has imposed a ban on European travelers. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

EU finalizing virus ‘safe list’; U.S. unlikely to make the cut

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

A TUI X3 2312 Duesseldorf-Mallorca flight passenger talks to the press at Son Sant Joan airport in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Monday, June 15, 2020. Whether its German holidaymakers basking in Spain's sunshine or Parisians renewing their love affair with their city, Monday's border openings and further scrapping of restrictions offered Europeans a taste of pre-coronavirus life that they may have taken for granted. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)

U.S. citizens likely to be left out as Europe reopens borders

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

In this Monday, March 23, 2020 file photo, shipping containers are offloaded from a vessel in the Port of Antwerp, Belgium. They can’t expect much sympathy, but lockdowns and travel restrictions mean small-time drug dealers can’t do business as usual during the coronavirus pandemic. Street sellers in Brussels and Paris have changed their work hours and delivery methods due to the end of public nightlife and a drop in demand. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Small-time drug dealers rethink strategies for the virus era

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY - Associated Press

A man rides a bicycle along a new path designated only for bikes, during a gradual lifting of a lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19, in Brussels, Monday, May 4, 2020. As European cities gradually relax lockdown measures, Brussels authorities intend to take advantage of the coronavirus health crisis to turn the EU institutions capital into a cycling-friendly greener place. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Brussels going greener amid coronavirus crisis

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

A worker sprays disinfectant at Al Akbar mosque amid fears of coronavirus outbreak in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some, especially older adults it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)

Disruption frenzy: Nations try to slow virus, aid economies

By DAVID RISING and TIM SULLIVAN - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a meeting marking the International Women's Day, in Istanbul, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Erdogan called on Greece to open its borders and allow the migrants to move on to other European countries. His deputy Fuat Oktay is at the right, and his wife Emine Erdogan at the left.(Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

EU, Turkey to review migrant deal as border tensions simmer

By LORNE COOK and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and European Council President Charles Michel shake hands before a meeting, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The two are expected to discuss the situation in Syria and migrants.(Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

EU, Turkey trade blame on deal as thousands gather at border

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

In this photo issued by UK parliament, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, 3rd from right, during the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons in London, Wednesday Feb. 26, 2020. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, 2nd right, and Home Secretary Priti Patel, left. (Jessica Taylor/House of Commons via AP)

Britain opens EU trade talks with a threat to walk away

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Quentin Declerck, from Le Champignon de Bruxelles, inspects the progress of shelves of mushrooms growing in various substrates at the company's urban farm in the cellars of Cureghem in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. When the founding members of the company first tried to grow their Shiitake, Maitake and Nameko mushroom varieties using coffee grounds as a substrate, they realized the fungi much preferred organic beer waste. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Mushrooms grow from beer waste in the cellars of Brussels

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press