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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Tuesday, May 28, 2019. European Union leaders are meeting in Brussels to haggle over who should lead the 28-nation bloc's key institutions for the next five years after weekend elections shook up Europe's political landscape. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU divided over top jobs after polls redraw political map

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EU fines banks over $1 billion over foreign exchange cartel

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EU: Facebook changes terms to show it makes money from data

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A motorcyclist passes a banner tied to railings outside Parliament in London, Thursday, March 28, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May is making a final effort to save her European Union withdrawal deal after her promise to quit failed to win over lawmakers from Northern Ireland. May pledged Wednesday night that she would stand down if the deal were approved, in hopes of blunting opposition from lawmakers who have criticized her leadership. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

The Latest: UK lawmakers again reject Brexit deal

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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session, at parliament in London, Wednesday, March 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

The Latest: UK’s May has ‘personal regret’ over Brexit bumps

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A man walks past a campaign poster for Zuzana Caputova in Bratislava, Slovakia, Friday, March 15, 2019. Caputova is one of the favorite candidates to succeed Slovakia's President Andrej Kiska in the upcoming election. Slovakia holds the presidential election on Saturday, March 16, 2019. The poster reads: &quot;Let's stand against evil, together we can make it.&quot; (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Slovak president race: upstart vs. EU official in runoff

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Pro-Brexit leave the European Union supporters, left, and anti-Brexit remain in the European Union supporters take part in a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May faced continued opposition to her European Union divorce deal Tuesday despite announcing what she described as &quot;legally binding&quot; changes in hopes of winning parliamentary support for the agreement. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

The Latest: Brexit booster Farage expects yearlong delay

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British Prime Minister Theresa May, background, is welcomed by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Strasbourg, France, Monday, March 11, 2019. May flew to Strasbourg, France, late Monday to try to secure a last-minute deal with the bloc. (Vincent Kessler/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: EU chief says new Brexit deal is ‘best possible’

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EU warns Italy to slash rampant public debt

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EU regulators fine Mastercard more than half a billion euros

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European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici pauses before speaking during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. The European Commission says it has reached an agreement with Italy to avert action over the country's budget plans, which the EU's executive arm had warned could break euro currency rules. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU reaches deal with Italy on budget

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during the budget debate of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

The Latest: May says progress made, but Brexit issues remain

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Italian deputy Premier and Labor Minister Luigi Di Maio talks to reporters at the end of a cabinet meeting on Italy's budget, outside Rome's Chigi Palace government headquarters, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Italy faces higher borrowing costs, sanctions on budget

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Eurozone ministers urge Italy to respond to budget demands

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European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici talks to the media during a press conference, in Rome, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. The European Union's presidency says Italy must change it draft budget because otherwise the country would only threaten its own financial health as well as that of its partners. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

The Latest: EU official tries to calm Italian budget dispute

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Italy's Interior Minister and Deputy-Premier Matteo Salvini, right, and Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte attend a press conference on Italy's budget law, at Chigi Palace Premier office, in Rome, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. (Giuseppe Lami/ANSA via AP)

The Latest: EU voices concerns over Italy’s budget deficit

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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, center, delivers his State of Union speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Sept.12, 2018. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

EU chief aims to boost euro’s role in world markets

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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker delivers his State of Union speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Sept.12, 2018. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

EU to give internet firms 1 hour to remove extremist content

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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker delivers his State of Union speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Sept.12, 2018. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

EU eyes beefed-up coast guard to protect outside borders

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EU wants to force internet firms to remove terror content

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