The UK has offered a fraction of Brussels’ €6.7bn demand to join the EU’s €140bn rearmament programme, suggesting it contribute just €75mn. EU member states said on Wednesday that negotiations would continue over the level of the UK’s contribution,

While the two sides reached a broad agreement months ago, American officials will visit Brussels this week to discuss the details. Europe has a wish list, but so does the United States.

European Union ministers are set to urge top U.S. trade officials on Monday to apply more of the July EU-US trade deal, such as by cutting U.S. tariffs on EU steel and removing them for EU goods such as wine and spirits.

The EU will Monday urge the United States to implement more of the transatlantic trade deal struck in July, including cutting tariffs on steel, during talks in Brussels with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Helen McEntee is expected to raise the issue of US tariffs on Ireland's medical devices sector, as well as pharmaceuticals, agrifood and whiskey exports, when EU trade ministers meet senior US trade officials in Brussels today.

A meeting between US Trade Representative Greer and EU Trade Commissioner Šefčovič will take place next week - and it could get heated as the US pushes for more concessions and faster implementation of trade deal cut in July.

Albania’s PM Edi Rama clashes with EU officials in Brussels, defending reforms and pushing for 2030 entry as crime concerns spark fresh debate over membership.

On Wednesday, EU countries backed a call for the bloc’s landmark deforestation law to be delayed by a year. The proposed legislation – a cornerstone of the green agenda – aims to ensure that imports into the EU don’t contribute to deforestation back home, a requirement that would hit commodities from coffee to palm oil.

If Europe is not to drift into irrelevance, it urgently needs to find a new, tough-minded way of using power. So far, this ambition is provoking two very different reactions—and unfortunately, both could backfire.

It’s 30 years since daily Eurostar services began whisking visitors to Belgium’s capital — and the city known for Tintin and beer is still full of surprises.