The Latest Breaking News from European Union

The EU's envoy to Syria headed to Damascus Monday to hold talks with the country's new Islamist rulers, just over a week after president Bashar al-Assad's ouster ended decades of brutal rule and civil war.

François Bayrou faces the same budgetary headache as Michel Barnier – but the parliamentary equation has changed, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday lost a confidence vote in parliament, paving the way for an early general election on 23 February. Scholz had been expected to lose the vote after his three-way coalition fell apart last month.

While Volkswagen Group is still considering whether to close factories in Germany, Audi has taken this drastic decision in Belgium. The factory in Brussels will close up shop at the end of February. Consequently, the Q8 E-Tron and Q8 E-Tron Sportback are being wiped out from the lineup. Due to…

Witnesses tell of ‘apocalyptic scenes’ after worst storm to hit the Indian Ocean territory in almost a century

Sir Keir’s business secretary said the agreement would ‘boost trade and create opportunities for UK companies abroad’

US, Turkey, EU and Arab envoys meeting in Jordan call for ‘inclusive and non-sectarian’ government after Islamist group ousted Bashar al-Assad’s regime

Beset by political crises and economic turmoil, the bloc’s two biggest countries are both at a crossroads

Finnish advocacy group Oikeutta Elaimille, or Justice for Animals, and Humane Society International have released images taken from an “undercover investigation” at three fur farms in western Finland in late October to highlight the behind-the-scenes realities of the trade

Britain will become a member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) on Sunday.

The former Manchester City footballer is now the anti-Western president of Georgia