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European Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Michel Barnier talks to journalists outside the EU headquarters in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. Barnier meets for talks with EU envoys on the mandate that member states will give him to secure a trade deal with the United Kingdom before the end of the year. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

EU approves tough negotiating mandate for UK trade talks

By RAF CASERT and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Finland says to take in max 175 Mediterranean asylum-seekers

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European Council President Charles Michel arrives for a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. After almost two years of sparring the EU will be discussing the bloc's budget, to work out Europe's spending plans for the next seven years. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

EU ends testy budget summit without deal, much work ahead

By LORNE COOK and RAF CASERT - Associated Press

In a Sept. 24, 2019, file photo, a sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Google updates terms in plain language after EU scrutiny

By RACHEL LERMAN - Associated Press

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, right, is greeted by European Council President Charles Michel prior to a bilateral meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. After almost two years of sparring, the EU will be discussing the bloc's budget to work out Europe's spending plans for the next seven years. (Virginia Mayo, Pool)

1 trillion euros: causing a big, long fight at EU summit

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. After almost two years of sparring, the EU will be discussing the bloc's budget to work out Europe's spending plans for the next seven years. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Conflict of interest fears cast shadow over EU budget talks

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel meets students and staff working on 'carbon capture' at Imperial College London in South Kensington, London, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2020. Britain has announced a new post-Brexit “points-based immigration system” said Patel, that will assess prospective immigrants on a range of skills, qualifications, salaries or professions, starting next year. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

UK employers fear worker shortages in new immigration plan

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

A satiric carnival float depicting the Brexit and British members of Parliament as skeletons, is watched by revellers during a preview in a hall in Cologne, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. The traditional carnival parades on Rosemonday make fun of politics and are watched by hundreds of thousands in the streets of Cologne, Duesseldorf and Mainz. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Doomsday predictions on Brexit were wrong

By Kevin Cochrane

Eeuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives for a weekly College of Commissioners meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. During the meeting, the College will set out plans on the EU's strategy to deal with the challenges of the digital age and the use of artificial intelligence. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

‘Voodoo statistics’ floated as EU budget battle looms

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Eeuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, talks to Commissioner for Europe Fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager during a weekly College of Commissioners meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. During the meeting, the College will set out plans on the EU's strategy to deal with the challenges of the digital age and the use of artificial intelligence. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

EU proposes rules for artificial intelligence to limit risks

By KELVIN CHAN - Associated Press

British Lawmaker Priti Patel, the Home Secretary leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson shook up his government on Thursday, firing and appointing ministers to key Cabinet posts. Johnson was aiming to tighten his grip on government after winning a big parliamentary majority in December's election. That victory allowed Johnson to take Britain out of the European Union in January. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

UK unveils immigration overhaul for 2021 focused on skills

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, Cyprus' Economy Minister Constantinos Petrides, Eurogroup President Mario Centeno, European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni, Austrian Finance Minister Gernot Blumel and German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, from left, talk each other during a meeting of European Union Finance Ministers in Eurogroup format at the Europa building in Brussels, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

EU puts Cayman Islands, others on tax blacklist

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Croatia’s new, leftist president inaugurated

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, left, is welcomed by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen prior to a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is on a one day visit to Brussels to meet with leaders of the EU and NATO. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

EU post-Brexit budget proposal under attack from many sides

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FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2020 file photo, Britain's Union flag is removed from outside of the European Parliament in Brussels. The bloc has been preoccupied for almost four years with Brexit, but now that Britain has left the bloc, the EU hopes to find more time to fix its own problems. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File)

UK to EU: we won’t accept supervision in post-Brexit deal

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron gestures on the second day of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Skeptical Macron sees progress on EU enlargement talks

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019 file photo, a construction worker stands in front of a door with the EU stars at EU headquarters in Brussels. The Brexit process shook the EU foundations and laid bare the need for much-delayed renovations, but tthe question now is where to start the revamp and who is going to foot the bill. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

With Britain out, the unwieldy EU faces major budget battle

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

European Council President Charles Michel arrives for a media conference at the Parlamentarium in Brussels, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. The U.K. is due to leave the EU on Friday the first nation in the bloc to do so. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU chief unveils budget plan setting scene for tense summit

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Mourners carry coffins during a funeral of military cadets in Tripoli, Libya, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. Health officials said the death toll from the airstrike climbed to at least 30 people, most of them students and over 30 others were wounded. The airstrike took place in the city's south late Saturday, an area which has seen heavy clashes in recent months. Forces based in eastern Libya and led by Gen. Khalifa Hifter have been fighting to seize the capital from the weak but U.N.-supported government. (AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed)

EU officials push for bloc to enforce Libya arms embargo

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

French lab scientists in hazmat gear inserting liquid in test tube manipulate potentially infected patient samples at Pasteur Institute in Paris, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Scientists at the Pasteur Institute developed and shared a quick test for the new virus that is spreading worldwide, and are using genetic information about the coronavirus to develop a potential vaccine and treatments. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

EU health ministers boost preparations to fight new virus

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press