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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses European lawmakers during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Von der Leyen said Wednesday she saw clear progress in the trade talks with the UK, turning a post-Brexit deal from a fleeting possibility into an ever more realistic possibility. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

EU chief von der Leyen sees narrow path toward Brexit deal

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

EU, Britain to toughen rules, fines for tech giants

By KELVIN CHAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 file photo, a nurse holds a phial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy's Hospital in London. As Canadians, Britons and Americans begin getting immunized with a German-developed vaccine against the coronavirus, pressure is building on the European Medicines Agency to approve the shot made by Pfizer Inc. and German company BioNTech. Those countries all approved the COVID-19 vaccine under emergency use rules, meaning it is an unlicensed product. But the EMA approval process for coronavirus vaccines is largely similar to the standard licensing procedure that would be granted to any new vaccine, only on an accelerated schedule. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool, File)

EXPLAINER: Why is the EU taking so long to OK vaccine?

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Argentina: Mercosur will address EU environment concerns

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

European Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Michel Barnier talks to the media outside the EU headquarters in Brussels, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Teetering on the brink of a no-deal Brexit departure, Britain and the European Union stepped back from the void Sunday and agreed to continue trade talks, although both downplayed the chances of success. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

EU’s chief negotiator still hopes to clinch EU-UK trade deal

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

EU clinches deal on first-ever defense fund

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives to deliver a statement at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. Britain and the European Union say talks will continue on a free trade agreement — a deal that if sealed would avert New Year's chaos for cross-border traders and bring a measure of certainty for businesses after years of Brexit turmoil. (Olivier Hoslet/Pool Photo via AP)

Going ‘the extra mile’: UK, EU keep up Brexit trade talks

By RAF CASERT and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, center, speaks with Romania's President Klaus Werner Ioannis, third left, and Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, center right, during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. European Union leaders meet for a year-end summit that will address anything from climate, sanctions against Turkey to budget and virus recovery plans. Brexit will be discussed on the sidelines. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)

EU leaders agree to reduce emissions after all-night talks

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

Two Afghan families walk in a clearing after leaving a Croatian forrest near the Bosnian town of Velika Kladusa, Thursday Dec. 10, 2020. Entire migrant families are on the move in cold weather in Bosnia while trying to reach the West as the European Union warns the Balkan country it must act to prevent a humanitarian disaster. A statement by the EU Bosnia mission says current weather conditions are putting at risk the lives of more than 3,000 people sleeping rough or staying in inadequate conditions. (AP Photo/Marc Sanye)

Europe human rights envoy urges Bosnia to act on migrants

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Turkey rejects EU decision to widen sanctions

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FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2020 file photo, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi briefs to media during a press conference, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Qureshi on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020 demanded the United Nations and the European Union investigate a recent report that exposed a 15-year disinformation campaign to serve India's interests and discredit Pakistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

Pakistan asks UN to probe fake pro-India NGOs, media

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

EU member states, MEPs agree to take terror content down

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UK signs post-Brexit free trade deal with Singapore

By SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press

Two rostrums stand prepared for a possible joint statement after a dinner meeting by Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday Dec. 9, 2020. The political leaders are meeting in the hope of finalising a Brexit trade deal between Britain and the European bloc. (Aaron Chown/Pool via AP)

UK’s Johnson: ‘Strong possibility’ Brexit talks will fail

By RAF CASERT and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, speaks with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson prior to a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Leaders of Britain and the EU meet Wednesday for a dinner that could pave the way to a post-Brexit trade deal, or tip the two sides toward a chaotic economic rupture at the end of the month. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)

U.K. says EU trade talks face ‘moment of finality’ on weekend

By Jill Lawless and Raf Casert - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020 file photo, a man unfurls a Union and EU flag outside the European Parliament in Brussels. When Britons voted for Brexit in 2016, they were promised a smooth transition to a new economic relationship with the European Union. Now the two sides are hurtling toward a tumultuous split that threatens billions worth of trade and hundreds of thousands of jobs. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

EXPLAINER: For UK and EU, Brexit has become a messy divorce

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Alia and her 5-year old son walk through a Croatian forest with others after crossing the Bosnia-Croatia border near the Bosnian town of Velika Kladusa, Thursday Dec. 10, 2020. Entire migrant families are on the move in cold weather in Bosnia while trying to reach the West as the European Union warns the Balkan country it must act to prevent a humanitarian disaster. A statement by the EU Bosnia mission says current weather conditions are putting at risk the lives of more than 3,000 people sleeping rough or staying in inadequate conditions. (AP Photo/Marc Sanye)

EU warns Bosnia to help migrants as entire families on move

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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks as he arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. European Union leaders meet for a year-end summit that will address anything from climate, sanctions against Turkey to budget and virus recovery plans. Brexit will be discussed on the sidelines. (John Thys, Pool via AP)

EU strikes deal on landmark budget, virus recovery fund

By LORNE COOK and RAF CASERT - Associated Press

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London, to attend a cabinet meeting at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. Britain's rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday has been dubbed &quot;V-Day,&quot; recalling the World War II D-Day landings that marked the start of the final push to defeat Nazi Germany. The U.K. is the first Western country to authorize widespread use of a vaccine. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

UK, EU head for supper showdown over Brexit trade deal

By Raf Casert and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

In this Jan. 11, 2020, file photo, protesters carry an EU flag at an anti-government protest in Warsaw, Poland. Some Poles are afraid that a drawn-out conflict with the EU over the next budget and values could put them on a path toward an eventual departure from the bloc, or "Polexit." Poland's conservative government denies that it has ever wanted to leave the 27-member bloc and popular support for EU membership runs very high. But critics fear the combative tone of some Polish leaders could create momentum which could accidentally bring the nation to the exit door. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Poles voice fears of ‘Polexit’ as gov’t defies EU over budget

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press