The Latest Breaking News from Brussels

Labour leader says party will seek closer relations with Brussels when deal is up for review in 2025

The Labour leader spent the weekend meeting fellow centre-left leaders in Montreal.

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged the swift return of irregular migrants and a crackdown on the “brutal business” of migrant smuggling Sunday during a visit with Italy's premier to a tiny fishing island overwhelmed with nearly 7,000 arrivals in a single day this week.

European aid is increasingly being used to prop up autocratic leaders who restrict their citizens’ rights, analysts say.

A Belgian court has sentenced six men to sentences ranging from 20 years to life in prison on charges of terrorist murder linked to suicide bombings that killed 32 people and wounded hundreds at Brussels airport and a subway station

Irish holidaymaker arrested after snapping off part of monument’s hand

The Labour leader visited The Hague for talks with Europol on sharing intelligence and joint operations to stop trafficking gangs.

Tories accuse Labour of ‘surrending’ control of immigration to Brussels – as Starmer promises to put people-smuggling ‘on a par’ with terrorism

The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo are holding a fresh round of meetings aimed at improving their strained relations

In her annual address on the state of the European Union, Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has given her strongest signal yet of the intention to add Ukraine and other nations as member states. Her speech was the latest sign that Brussels is thinking completely differently about EU enlargement…

Editorial: As Britons grow unhappier with being outside the EU, the UK is having to admit it needs closer relations with Brussels