European Union

Latest Stories

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is guided during a visit to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, south-west England, Monday Aug. 19, 2019. Johnson is under increasing pressure Monday to recall Parliament after leaked government documents warned of widespread problems if the U.K. leaves the European Union without a Brexit withdrawal agreement. (Peter Nicholls/Pool via AP)

The Latest: Merkel says Irish border is key Brexit issue

Associated Press

In this Wednesday, July 31, 2019, file photo, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during the first meeting of the National Policing Board at the Home Office in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)

U.K., EU only harden their positions on Brexit as G-7 nears

By Raf Casert and Danica Kirka - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 20, 2019 file photo, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker waves before the start of a meeting at the Europa building in Brussels. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has had to cut short his vacation on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019 to be rushed to Luxembourg where he will undergo an operation on his gallbladder. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Juncker has successful surgery; will miss G7 Biarritz summit

Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks with staff during a visit to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, south-west England, Monday Aug. 19, 2019. Johnson is under increasing pressure Monday to recall Parliament after leaked government documents warned of widespread problems if the U.K. leaves the European Union without a Brexit withdrawal agreement. (Peter Nicholls/Pool via AP)

UK PM Boris Johnson faces rising Brexit strategy criticism

By DANICA KIRKA and ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

This undated image made from a video provided by the IRGC/IRIB shows a ship in the Persian Gulf. Iranian forces seized the ship, which it suspected of carrying smuggled fuel, state media reported Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, marking the Revolutionary Guard's third seizure of a vessel in recent weeks and the latest show of strength by the paramilitary force amid a spike in regional tensions. (IRGC/IRIB via AP)

U.S. move halts release of Iranian tanker held in Gibraltar

By Aritz Parra and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

$FILE - In this Tuesday, June 4, 2019 file photo, the leader of Britain's opposition Labour party Jeremy Corbyn makes a speech on stage during a rally on Whitehall in London. Britain’s fractious opposition politicians are giving a mixed reception to a plan by Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to block a no-deal Brexit. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed that Britain will leave the EU on Oct. 31, with or without a divorce deal. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)$

What’s next as Labour Party seeks to stop a no-deal Brexit?

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

A stern view of the Grace 1 super tanker in the British territory of Gibraltar, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, seized last month in a British Royal Navy operation off Gibraltar. The United States moved on Thursday to halt the release of the Iranian supertanker Grace 1, detained in Gibraltar for breaching EU sanctions on oil shipments to Syria, thwarting efforts by authorities in London and the British overseas territory to defuse tensions with Tehran. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno)

Despite U.S. plea, Gibraltar releases seized Iranian tanker

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, April 10, 2019, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond in Downing Street in London. Hammond, who stepped down as Treasury chief before Boris Johnson became prime minister, has broken his silence on the new administration in an article published in The Times of London Wednesday Aug. 14, 2019, saying Britain is being pushed towards a no-deal Brexit by &quot;unelected people&quot;. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, FILE)

Ex-Treasury chief: Boris Johnson is wrecking Brexit deal

By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

In this photo taken Saturday and released Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, a rubber dinghy with over 80 migrants off the Libyan coast has received life vests from a rescue team of the Ocean Viking ship, operated by the NGOs Sos Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders. The Ocean Viking was already carrying over 80 people rescued earlier, and is blocked at sea while it waits to be assigned a safe port. Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who has triggered a government crisis in Italy, signed Friday a ban on the ship's entry into Italian waters. (Hannah Wallace Bowman/MSF/Sos Mediterranee via AP)

Correction: Europe-Migrants story

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Downing Street Weathervane Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Brexit has changed everything, even the wind

By Andrew Davies

US, European countries urge restart of Serbia-Kosovo talks

Associated Press

EU slaps biodiesel duties on Indonesia over subsidy concerns

Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a roundtable to improve the criminal justice system, at 10 Downing Street in London, Monday, Aug. 12, 2019. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/Pool Photo via AP)

Bolton’s UK trade-deal promise leaves questions unanswered

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Matteo Salvini receives media attention at the end of a political rally as part of his 'Italian summer tour', in Taormina, Southern Italy, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019. Italy on Friday edged closer to holding an election as early as this fall that could move the country farther to the right, with anti-migrant Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini already unofficially campaigning for the premiership and declaring it makes “no sense” to keep alive the feuding populist coalition government. (Carmelo imbesi/ANSA via AP)

Matteo Salvini, Northern League head, has eyes on prime minister of Italy

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

Britain's Chancellor of teh Exchequer Sajid Javid during a visit to the National Grid Training Centre in Newark, England, as the UK announced its GDP second quarter figures, Friday Aug. 9, 2019. Britain's Office for National Statistics released figures showing the British economy shrank in the second quarter of 2019, as Brexit uncertainties weighed on business investment. ( Joe Giddens/PA via AP)

Island or European nation? Rival views of UK shape Brexit

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

A fruit stall displays fruit at a market in London, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. The U.K. food industry is asking the government to set aside competition rules so companies can coordinate supply decisions to combat shortages in the event Britain leaves the European Union without an agreement on future trade relations. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

U.K. economy shrinks for first time since 2012 as Brexit bites

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

UK opposition warns Johnson against Brexit ‘abuse of power’

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

The Latest: Croatia says migrants deterred without force

Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Pilgrim Hospital in Boston, north east England, Monday Aug. 5, 2019. Boris Johnson says he will pump an additional 1.8 billion pounds ($2.2 billion) into the National Health Service, feeding speculation he wants an early election to bolster his one-seat majority in Parliament and support for his Brexit plans. (Darren Staples/Pool via AP)

EU open to Brexit talks but refuses to modify divorce deal

Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Pilgrim Hospital in Boston, north east England, Monday Aug. 5, 2019. Boris Johnson says he will pump an additional 1.8 billion pounds ($2.2 billion) into the National Health Service, feeding speculation he wants an early election to bolster his one-seat majority in Parliament and support for his Brexit plans. (Darren Staples/Pool via AP)

As UK-EU relations cool, battle looms to stop no-deal Brexit

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press