# Negotiations

15.05.2018, Belgium, Brussels: Mohamed Jawad Sarif_ (l), Foreign Minister of Iran, meets EU chief diplomat Federica Mogherini in the European building. Foreign ministers from Berlin, Paris and London meet EU chief diplomat and Iranian colleagues. First, European foreign ministers will meet with EU foreign policy chief Mogherini. Then Iranian Foreign Minister Sarif joins. Photo: Thierry Monasse / POOL / AP / dpa +++ (c) dpa - broadcasting +++
15.05.2018, Belgium, Brussels: Mohamed J […]
Defence and security

EU leaders united over need to preserve Iran nuclear deal

From the moment that US president Donald Trump announced his renunciation of the Iran nuclear accord on Tuesday night, European leaders proclaimed their determination to save it.
4 days ago
ARCHIVE - 22.03.2018, Belgium, Brussels: British Prime Minister Theresa May (M) sits between French President Emmanuel Macron (l) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (r) just before their tripartite meeting at the EU summit. (to dpa "Macron: Berlin, Paris and London regret US exit" from 08.05.2018) Photo: Francois Lenoir / Pool Reuters / dpa +++ (c) dpa - Visual Communication +++
ARCHIVE - 22.03.2018, Belgium, Brussels: […]
Defence and security

EU vows to preserve Iran deal as relations with US enter crossroads

The European Union has been using all diplomatic channels to convince US President Donald Trump to stick with the Iran nuclear deal. With Trump deciding to go against the EU's pleas and withdraw his country from the agreement, EU-US relations might be coming to a breaking point.
2 weeks ago
24.04.2018, Belgium, Brussels: Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Staffan de Mistura, UN envoy to Syria, speak at a press conference at the Syria Conference. At the beginning of a two-day donor conference for the victims of the Syrian civil war, aid organizations have called for generous financial commitments. Photo: Thierry Roge / BELGA / dpa +++ (c) dpa -Bildfunk+++
24.04.2018, Belgium, Brussels: Federica […]
Eurozone

EU to urge regional powers to ensure progress on Syria peace talks

The European Union on Thursday called for a swift restart of the stalled United Nations peace talks for Syria, worried by Russia’s efforts to tighten the grip on power of its ally, President Bashar al-Assad.
4 weeks ago
ARCHIVE - On an iPhone, the logo of "Twitter" is displayed in the App Store, taken on 07.11.2013 in Dresden (Saxony). Photo: Arno Burgi / dpa (to dpa "stockbrokers celebrate Twitter quarterly figures" from 28.07.2015) +++ (c) dpa - Bil dfunk+++
ARCHIVE - On an iPhone, the logo of "Twi […]
Digitalization

EU commissioner welcomes Twitter’s moves on political ad transparency

European Commission Vice President Ansip welcomed Twitter's intention to increase transparency in US political advertising and said he expected the same steps to be implemented in Europe.
1 month ago
Demonstrators wave EU and UK flags in London (UK) on 16.01.2018 in an anti-Brexit demonstration in front of the British Parliament in Westminster. Photo: Tom Nicholson / Zuma Press / dpa +++ (c) dpa - broadcasting +++
Demonstrators wave EU and UK flags in Lo […]
Brexit

British anti-Brexit groups launch ‘People’s Vote’ campaign

MPs, celebrities and business leaders have launched a campaign calling for a public vote on the final Brexit deal between the UK and the European Union.
1 month ago
British Prime Minister Theresa May walks over the "Wildfowl and Wetland Trust" site in London (UK) on 13.01.2018. The British government wants to drastically reduce the consumption of plastic by 2042. This announced Prime Minister Theresa May in a speech on 11.01.2018. Photo: Dan Kitwood / PA Wire / dpa +++ (c) dpa -Bildfunk+++
British Prime Minister Theresa May walks […]
Brexit

Pro-Brexit Conservatives urge clean break from EU

More than 60 Conservative lawmakers have written to British Prime Minister Theresa May demanding a quick, clean break from the European Union.
3 months ago
dpatopbilder - 02.02.2018, Berlin: Martin Schulz (lr), Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Horst Seehofer, Prime Minister of Bavaria and Chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU), and Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor and President of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), come to the main round of negotiations of the Koalition negotiations of CDU, CSU and SPD in the SPD party headquarters, the Willy-Brandt-Haus. These three politicians have long negotiated whether they can work together in a government for Germany. ATTENTION: This picture has dpa also sent on video. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka / dpa +++ (c) dpa - News for children +++
dpatopbilder - 02.02.2018, Berlin: Marti […]
Election year

Merkel clinches coalition deal with Social Democrats

A coalition deal has been agreed in Germany, taking Europe’s economic powerhouse closer to a new government after months of uncertainty.
3 months ago
A British (L) and a EU flag hanging at the production site of the subsidiary company of a British company in Offenbach, Germany, 09 January 2018. EU commissioner Oettinger wants to induce Germany and other member states to higher payments into the European budget. After Brexit, Great Britain would be missing as a net contributor. Photo: Frank Rumpenhorst/dpa
A British (L) and a EU flag hanging at […]
Brexit

EU agrees on negotiating position for post-Brexit transition period

European Union ministers have finalised their negotiating position on the transitional period that will follow the UK's departure from the bloc.
4 months ago
Die EU-Außenbeauftragte Federica Mogherini (2.v.r.) führt am 04.01.2017 in Havanna (Kuba), Gespräche mit dem kubanischen Außenminister, Rodríguez Parilla. Mogherini und ist zu einem zweitägigen Besuch in Kuba. Foto: Omara GARCÍA MEDEROS/ACN/dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
Die EU-Außenbeauftragte Federica Mogher […]
News

EU, Cuba announce new era in relations, pledge to surpass differences

The European Union wants to be a reliable partner for Cuba in the face of the reversal in U.S.-Cuban relations under President Donald Trump.
4 months ago