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France Unbowed leader Jean-Luc Melenchon, center, who criticized as a power grab the president's appointment of a conservative new prime minister, Michel Barnier, gestures as he participates in a protest demonstration in Paris, France, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Protesters rally in France against Barnier’s appointment as prime minister

By Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban talks to reporters at The European House Ambrosetti (TEHA) economic forum in Cernobbio, Como Lake, Italy, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Hungary signals it’s serious about sending buses of asylum seekers to EU headquarters

By Béla Szandelszky and Justin Spike - Associated Press

European Affairs Minister Janos Boka of Hungary speaks during the informal meeting of the EU General Affair council in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (Zoltan Mathe/MTI via AP)

EU ministers take a very public swipe at Hungary over a lack of respect for the bloc’s values

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

People hold a banner that reads: "Not even a chunk of ore to EU occupier! Rio Tinto get out of Serbia!" during an environmental protest in front of the state-run TV headquarters in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Thousands rally in Serbia accusing populist government of cracking down on anti-lithium activists

By Jovana Gec - Associated Press

Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, center, speaks with from left, Netherlands' Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp, Belgium's Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib and Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom during a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU urged to rethink ties with Israel over Gaza and to impose sanctions against some ministers

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, welcomes Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer with military honors in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP)

Germany, U.K. eye bilateral treaty as Starmer pursues a ‘reset’ with the European Union

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban speaks to the media as he arrives to attend the European Political Community summit at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, July 18, 2024. In Hungary, Orbán has extended his party's control over the media, directly affecting informed democratic participation. (Jacob King/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Having Orban in charge of EU’s presidency raises key question: Is Hungary for or against the EU?

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

FILE - An Uber sign is displayed at the company's headquarters in San Francisco, Sept. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Dutch watchdog fines Uber $324 million for alleged inadequate protection of drivers’ data

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

The cover of a U.S. Passport is displayed in Tigard, Ore., Dec. 11, 2021. The State Department has opened a trial run allowing a limited number of people to apply to renew their passports online. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

European Union to switch from stamping passports to electronic entry and exit in November

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Palestinian shepherd Mustafa Arara, 24, stands in the ruins of the West Bank Bedouin village of al-Baqa where residents fled in July after settlers established an outpost a stone's throw from the village in June, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Over 1100 Palestinians have fled their homes in the West Bank since the start of 2022, according to a report from the U.N. U.N. released Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Officials described the exodus as unprecedented in recent memory. They attribute the displacement to increasing levels of violence from Israeli settlers directed toward Palestinians in the territory. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

EU’s foreign policy chief aims to punish Israel’s ‘enablers’ of West Bank settler violence

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

FILE - The tanker Sun Arrows loads its cargo of liquefied natural gas from the Sakhalin-2 project in the port of Prigorodnoye, Russia, on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. Shipments of Russian liquified natural gas to France more than doubled the first half of this year, according to new analyses of trade data, at a time when Europe has tried to pull back from energy purchases that help finance the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo, File)

French imports of Russia’s liquified natural gas surge, and Ukraine supporters seek a stop

By Ed Davey - Associated Press

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko holds a candle while visiting the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Valaam monastery with Russian President Vladimir Putin, on the Valaam island in Ladoga Lake, Republic of Karelia, Russia, Thursday, July 25, 2024. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

EU slaps sanctions on 28 accused of rights abuses and links to the ongoing crackdown in Belarus

Associated Press

People gather on the beach as a migrant center is seen in the foreground in the port of Shengjin, northwest Albania, Thursday, July 25, 2024. Migrants rescued at sea while attempting to reach Italy are likely to see themselves transported to Albania from next month while their asylum claims are processed, under a controversial deal in which the small Balkan country will host thousands of asylum-seekers on Italy's behalf. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)

From August, migrants seeking refuge in Italy could be taken to Albania pending asylum decisions

By Llazar Semini - Associated Press

FILE - Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right, speaks with Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk as they pose for a group photo during an Nuclear Energy Summit at the Expo in Brussels, on March 21, 2024. A diplomatic spat has erupted between Poland and Hungary that lays bare the deep tensions within Europe over how to deal with with Russia when it is waging war on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

A diplomatic spat erupts between Hungary and Poland over conflicting views on Russia

By Vanessa Gera and Balint Domotor - Associated Press

From left: Chairman of the Foreign Committee of the Hungarian Parliament Zsolt Nemeth, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and President of the Hungarian National Council of Transylvania Laszlo Tokes attend the 33th Balvanyos Summer University and Students' Camp in Baile Tusnad, Transylvania, Romania, Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Nandor Veres/MTI via AP)/MTI via AP)

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban warns of EU’s demise and backs Trump in anti-Western speech

Associated Press

FILE - Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani speaks while meeting with members of the G7, on July 11, 2024, during the NATO summit in Washington. Italy plans to send an ambassador back to Syria after a decade-long absence in a diplomatic move that could spark divisions among European Union allies, the country's foreign minister said. Speaking in front relevant parliamentary committees Thursday, Antonio Tajani announced Rome’s intention to re-establish diplomatic ties with Damascus to prevent Russia from monopolizing diplomatic efforts in Syria. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Italy plans to return an ambassador to Syria to reflect new diplomatic developments, minister says

By Giada Zampano - Associated Press

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, speaks during the first plenary session, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, at the European Political Community meeting in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England , Thursday, July 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, Pool)

European leaders discuss migration and Ukraine at a U.K. summit amid worries about Trump

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives at an event commemorating the 75th anniversary of NATO at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium at the NATO summit in Washington, on July 9, 2024. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sent a letter to the heads of European Union countries briefing them on his recent set of unannounced foreign visits that angered other leaders in the bloc. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Some EU officials boycott meetings in Hungary over Orban’s visits to Russia, China

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

EU accepts Apple pledge to let rivals access ‘tap to pay’ iPhone tech to resolve antitrust case

By Kelvin Chan - Associated Press

FILE - European Union flags wave in the wind as pedestrians walk by EU headquarters in Brussels, on Sept. 20, 2023. The European Union said Wednesday July 10, 2024 it's adding the porn site XXNX to its list of online services facing the strictest level of scrutiny under the bloc's digital regulations including measures requiring users to verify their ages. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

European Union adds porn site XNXX to list of online platforms facing strictest digital scrutiny

By Kelvin Chan - Associated Press