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Hungary lawmakers back Orban’s position on EU recovery plan

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell reads a statement as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, July 13, 2020. European Union foreign ministers meet for the first time face-to-face since the pandemic lockdown and will assess their fraught relations with China and discuss the troubled relation with Turkey. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)/

EU, Turkey clash over Hagia Sophia, Mediterranean drilling

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wearing a face mask, visits the headquarters of the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust in London, Monday July 13, 2020. (Ben Stansall/Pool via AP)

Brexit is back: UK aims to prepare public for Jan 1 EU break

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, July 7, 2020 photo Poland's incumbent president Andrzej Duda, who is seeking reelection in a tight presidential election runoff on Sunday, July 12, 2020 attends a rally in Lomza, Poland. Duda, who has backing from Poland's ruling right-wing party, is running against liberal Warsaw mayor, Rafal Trzaskowski. Opinion polls suggest the election may be decided by a small number of votes. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Exit poll: Duda leads Poland’s tight presidential runoff

By VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

A man walks by the Euro sculpture in front of the old the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, May 5, 2020. Germany's Constitutional Court has ruled that the country's central bank must stop participating in a key European Central Bank stimulus program but gave the ECB time to demonstrate that the stimulus program is needed and appropriate. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Croatia, Bulgaria take big step toward joining the euro

By DAVID McHUGH - Associated Press

European Council President Charles Michel speaks during a media conference at the European Council building in Brussels, Friday, July 10, 2020. European Council President Charles Michel presented updated proposals for the EU's long-term budget and post-coronavirus recovery plan ahead of a summit next week in Brussels where heads of state and government leaders will try to agree on a compromise. (Kenzo Tribouillard, Pool Photo via AP)

EU Council head tries to win over ‘Frugal Four’ on budget

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

France's President Emmanuel Macron, right, attends a visio conference with Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Friday, July 10, 2020. The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo will hold talks in Brussels on July 12, the first meeting between the two in long-stalled European Union-supervised negotiations aimed at normalizing relations, European Commission spokesman Peter Stano said Monday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)

Serbia, Kosovo to resume talks but won’t budge on key issues

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Farmers from the group Save British Farming drive tractors across Westminster Bridge, backdropped by the Houses of Parliament and the scaffolded Big Ben tower in London, in a protest against cheaply produced lower standard food being imported from the U.S. after Brexit that will undercut them, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

EU says ‘significant divergences’ remain in Brexit talks

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, addresses the plenary chamber at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Germany has just taken over the European Union's rotating presidency, and must chaperone the 27-nation bloc through a period of deep crisis for the next six months and try to limit the economic damage inflicted by the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

Germany’s Merkel: Pandemic highlights limits of populism

By LORNE COOK and GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni speaks during a media conference on the summer 2020 economic forecast at EU headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)

EU forecasts deeper economic hit from pandemic

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, right, and Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative and Vice-President of the European Commission, speak during a joint news conference, in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, July 6, 2020. Turkey's Foreign Minister on Monday called on the European Union to be an &quot;honest broker&quot; in disputes between Turkey and EU member states France, Greece and Cyprus, warning that his country would be forced to &quot;reciprocate&quot; against any decisions the bloc takes against Ankara.(Cem Ozdel/Turkish Foreign Ministry via AP, Pool)

Cyprus: EU partners aim to rein in Turkey’s ‘expansionism’

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

Germany presses for EU deal on taking in rescued migrants

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Spain, Portugal press EU partners for swift deal on spending

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Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, right, and Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative and Vice-President of the European Commission, greet each other by using their elbows before their talks, in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, July 6, 2020. Cavusoglu and Borrell have discussed Turkey-EU relations, regional issues, Libya and Syria. (Cem Ozdel/Turkish Foreign Ministry via AP, Pool)

Turkey calls on EU to be ‘honest’ in dispute with members

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Poland wants generous EU budget for Central Europe

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel walks, prior to a joint press conference with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen via videolink, in the foyer of the Federal Chancellery, in Berlin, Thursday, July 2, 2020. Merkel joined the President of the EU Commission, the three executive Vice-Presidents, the Commissioner for External Relations and the Commissioner for Internal Affairs to discuss the work programme as Germany took over the presidency of the Council of the EU. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

Merkel says ‘every day counts’ in passing EU recovery fund

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European Union's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and British Brexit negotiator David Frost attend a meeting with their delegations on further Brexit negotiations at EU headquarters in Brussels, Monday, June 29, 2020. European Union and U.K. negotiators resumed in-person talks on a post-Brexit trade deal on Monday, with both sides insisting that the process must accelerate markedly if they're to reach an agreement by the end of the year. (John Thys, Pool Photo via AP)

Post-Brexit talks deadlocked after latest negotiating round

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Montenegro backs same-sex partnership as it seeks EU entry

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Latvia bans Russian television channel RT

By JARI TANNER - Associated Press

In this Sunday, June 14, 2020 file photo, a crane removes the concrete blocks that closed customs access, in Thonex near Geneva, Switzerland. The European Union is set to make public on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, a list of countries whose citizens will be allowed to enter 31 European countries, but most Americans are likely to be refused entry for at least another two weeks due to soaring coronavirus infections in the U.S. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP, File)

EU to list which citizens can enter; U.S. likely to miss out

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press