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EU urged to start accession talks with Albania, N. Macedonia

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

European flags blow in front of the European Central Bank as the sun rises in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, May 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

European Central Bank sends Italy a warning over debt

By DAVID McHUGH - Associated Press

EU criticizes human rights in Turkey, ‘backsliding’ on laws

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Germany's Manfred Weber speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of the European People's Party prior to an EU summit in Brussels, Tuesday, May 28, 2019. European Union leaders are meeting in Brussels to haggle over who should lead the 28-nation bloc's key institutions for the next five years after weekend elections shook up Europe's political landscape. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

The Latest: Macron wants commission head with experience

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FILE - In this March 26, 2007 file photo, Uruguayan Enrique Iglesias, Iberoamerican General Secretary, speaks during the IV International Congress of Spanish Language in Cartagena, Colombia. The European Union appointed on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 the former international banker and seasoned diplomat as the bloc’s special envoy for Venezuela, in a move that it hopes will increase the chances of a fresh presidential election as a way out of the crisis in the country. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Seasoned diplomat appointed EU’s special envoy for Venezuela

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Tuesday, May 28, 2019. European Union leaders are meeting in Brussels to haggle over who should lead the 28-nation bloc's key institutions for the next five years after weekend elections shook up Europe's political landscape. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU divided over top jobs after polls redraw political map

By LORNE COOK and LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

A woman has her face painted as the EU flag during a festival outside the European Parliament in Brussels, Sunday, May 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

EU leaders converge on Brussels to haggle over top jobs

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What the big win for the Brexit Party foretells

By Andrew Davies

Italian Interior-Minister and Deputy-Premier Matteo Salvini meets reporters at the Interior Ministry headquarters in Rome, Monday, May 27, 2019. Hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's League party - who is casting himself as the standard bearer for populist far right in Europe - won the Italian vote and jumps from 6 to 28 seats in the European Parliament. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Salvini vows to unite EU populists yet lacks partners

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

EU rejects US demand that agriculture be part of trade talks

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A woman exits a voting cabin with curtains depicting the European Union in Baleni, Romania, Sunday, May 26, 2019. The ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD) suffered a major blow in the European Parliament elections according to the country's only exit poll. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

The Latest: Merkel wants quick deal on head of EU Commission

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A projection of the composition of the next European Parliament on a large screen in the press room at the European Parliament in Brussels, Monday, May 27, 2019. From Germany and France to Cyprus and Estonia, voters from 21 nations went to the polls Sunday in the final day of a crucial European Parliament election that could see major gains by the far-right, nationalist and populist movements that are on the rise across much of the continent.(AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

Europe at crossroads as far right makes big gains in vote

By Lorne Cook and Mike Corder - Associated Press

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage, left, reacts as results are announced at the counting center for the European Elections for the South East England region, in Southampton, England, Sunday, May 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Nigel Farage claims pro-Brexit momentum after divisive U.K. vote

By Jill Lawless and Gregory Katz - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron smiles to a supporter after voting in the European parliamentary elections in Le Touquet, northern France, Sunday May 26, 2019. France is looking at an epic battle between pro-EU centrist President Emmanuel Macron and anti-immigration, far-right flagbearer Marine Le Pen in the European Parliament vote, a duel over Europe's basic values. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

EU elections: Gutted center, high turnout, rising right

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, May 24, 2019 file photo, British Prime Minister Theresa May walks away after announcing her resignation, outside 10 Downing Street in London, England. British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced she will step down as leader of the Conservative Party on June 7, starting a process that will lead to a Conservative Party leadership contest and a new British prime minister who will lead the government during the Brexit process. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, file)

Brexit Party wins, Conservatives bashed in UK’s EU voting

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

A man arrives to vote at a polling station in Rome, Sunday, May 26, 2019. Pivotal elections for the European Union parliament reach their climax Sunday as the last 21 nations go to the polls and results are announced in a vote that boils down to a continent-wide battle between euroskeptic populists and proponents of closer EU unity. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

EU elections primer: How they work, what happened

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

A woman with a tradtional hat casts her vote for the European elections in the black forest city of Gutach, southern Germany, Sunday, May 26, 2019. (Patrick Seeger/dpa via AP)

Europe-wide vote fragments center as far right, Greens gain

By LORI HINNANT and RAF CASERT and LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Ballots are being prepared ahead of Sunday's European Elections, in Rozzano, near Milan, Italy, Saturday, May 25, 2019. Some 400 million Europeans from 28 countries head to the polls from Thursday to Sunday to choose their representatives at the European Parliament for the next five years. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

The Latest: Salvini says populists will control 150 EU seats

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Ballots are being prepared ahead of Sunday's European Elections, in Rozzano, near Milan, Italy, Saturday, May 25, 2019. Some 400 million Europeans from 28 countries head to the polls from Thursday to Sunday to choose their representatives at the European Parliament for the next five years. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Key countries to watch after high-stakes Europe-wide vote

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This Thursday, July 26, 2007, file photo shows a general view of the Houses of Parliament on the river Thames in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

AP Explains: What lies ahead for UK after May’s resignation

By GREGORY KATZ - Associated Press