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In this Thursday Jan. 9, 2020 photo Polish Senate Speaker Tomasz Grodzki speaks to reporters in Warsaw, Poland. Following fall elections, Speaker Tomasz Grodzki, from the centrist opposition, has become the only politician with any real power to put up roadblocks to the populist ruling party as it seeks to exert full control of the judicial system. A prominent surgeon, Grodzki is using that role as much as he can, angering the government, which has been seeking to discredit him with claims he took bribes as a doctor. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland rejects European legal experts’ opinion as ‘parody’

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EU legal opinion: mass data retention at odds with EU law

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

EU official: North Macedonia ready for membership talks

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers her speech at the European parliament Tuesday, Jan.14, 2020 in Strasbourg, eastern France. Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic will present the priorities of the rotating Council presidency for the next six months. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

EU lays out 1 trillion-euro plan to support Green Deal

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Britain's Nigel Farage, the leader of the Brexit Party, answers reporters at the European parliament Tuesday, Jan.14, 2020 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Nigel Farage gets his way, and last laugh: Brexit is coming

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

Judges and lawyers from across Europe, many of them dressed in their judicial robes, march silently in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020. The rally was a show of solidarity with Polish judges, who are protesting a bill that would allow the government to fire judges whose rulings they don't like. The legislation has been denounced by the European Union and the United Nations. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Judges from across Europe march to defend Polish peers

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen kisses EU Chief Negotiator on Brexit Michael Barnier on the cheek as they depart 10 Downing Street following a meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

France rejects 11-month deadline UK sets on EU trade talks

By RAF CASERT and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

President of the European Council Charles Michel, left, talks to Croatia's prime minister Andrej Plenkovic in Zagreb, Croatia, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. Croatia took over the presidency of the Council of the European Union on Jan. 1, 2020 from Finland, six and a half years after entering the European bloc. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

EU hopeful Albania, N. Macedonia membership talks in sight

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

UK rate cut could come soon, Bank of England chief hints

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

EU Chief Negotiator on Brexit Michael Barnier waves to the media as he arrives for a meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in 10 Downing Street in London, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Lawmakers approve Brexit bill, UK on course for Jan 31 exit

By JILL LAWLESS and RAF CASERT - Associated Press

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a media conference after an extraordinary meeting of the EU college of commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell briefed the college on Wednesday regarding the current situation in Libya and Iran. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU chief warns UK must compromise to get Brexit trade deal

By JILL LAWLESS and RAF CASERT - Associated Press

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during a media conference after an extraordinary meeting of the EU college of commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell briefed the college on Wednesday regarding the current situation in Libya and Iran. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Erdogan, Putin call for cease-fire in Libya from Jan 12

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, shakes hands with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool via AP)

France calls on Britain to be flexible in post-Brexit talks

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, technicians work at the Arak heavy water reactor's secondary circuit, as officials and media visit the site, near Arak, 150 miles (250 kilometers) southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. The head of Iran's nuclear agency says his country has begun new operations at the heavy water nuclear reactor. The move intensifies pressure on Europe to find an effective way around U.S. sanctions, which block Tehran's oil sales abroad. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)

EU regrets Iran nuclear moves but hopes to keep deal alive

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, delivers a speech during a parliament session in Athens, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. Greek lawmakers debate on the state budget for 2020. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Advancing the U.S.-Greece relationship

By John Sitilides

Heiko Maas (SPD), Foreign Minister, goes through plenary session at the SPD federal party conference after the first ballot for further members of the executive committee in Berlin, German, Saturday, Dec.7, 2019. Maas did not obtain the necessary votes in the first ballot. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa via AP)

Germany seeks early meeting of EU diplomats over Mideast

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In this Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019, file photo, presidential candidate Zoran Milanovic greets his supporters in Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia's bitterly contested presidential race is headed for a finale this weekend to decide whether a conservative or a liberal will lead the country during its first ever chairmanship over the European Union. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)

Leftist beats conservative in Croatia’s presidential vote

By DARKO BANDIC - Associated Press

Oliver Spasovski, nominated to serve as prime minister of the caretaker government, talks for the media after receiving the mandate from the president Stevo Pendarovski, at the presidential office in Skopje, North Macedonia, Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. The prime minister of North Macedonia Zoran Zaev submitted his resignation Friday, paving the way for a new caretaker Cabinet to be named in order to organize a snap election. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

North Macedonia’s PM resigns, caretaker government elected

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FILE In this file photo dated Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street for the State Opening of Parliament by Queen Elizabeth II, in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster in London. Charismatic Prime Minister Johnson’s larger-than-expected margin of victory in the December general election may give him a chance to consolidate power during the coming 2020 year. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, FILE)

Uncharted Brexit waters: UK’s Boris Johnson faces 2020 tests

By GREGORY KATZ - Associated Press

PM says Croatia’s EU presidency specific and demanding

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