EUROPEAN UNION

French President Emmanuel Macron wants European nations to break their "taboo" against using deficits to stimulate growth and investment, and scrap a strict limit on eurozone deficits, he said in an interview published Thursday.

Poland says it has amended the reform on judges' retirement age so the European Commission case should have been dropped

Poland says it has amended the reform on judges' retirement age so the European Commission case should have been dropped

'See you. Off to work now!'

Anti-EU populist leader Nigel Farage said Monday he will field hardline Brexit candidates across Britain despite fears he could deny Prime Minister Boris Johnson a majority in next month's election.Farage wants to sever all ties with the European Union and calls Johnson's divorce deal agreed with Brussels last month a "sellout" of the hopes of Britons who triggered Brexit in a 2016 referendum.The Brexit Party chief said Johnson's ruling Conservatives could pay dearly for rejecting his offer for a "non-aggression pact" in the December 12 snap election.

Mario Draghi, the outgoing President of the European Central Bank (ECB) presented a bell to his successor Christine Lagarde at a handing over ceremony earlier this week

US President Donald Trump waded into the British election campaign on Thursday, launching a stinging attack on the country's main opposition leader and warning Prime Minister Boris Johnson that his EU divorce deal could imperil a future US-UK trade agreement.In unprecedented criticism of a candidate to be British premier from a sitting president, Trump said that Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn would be "so bad" in the role.

New ECB head Christine Lagarde (right) wants Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) to increase public spending to give the sluggish European economy a boost, a move supported by French President Emmanuel Macon (centre)

New ECB head Christine Lagarde (right) wants Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) to increase public spending to give the sluggish European economy a boost, a move supported by French President Emmanuel Macon (centre)

Departing European Central Bank president Mario Draghi said Thursday the proudest legacy from his eight-year term was the ability to "never give up" in the face of economic crises, internal dissent and external criticism."In a sense, this is a part of our legacy: never give up," Draghi said at his last press conference in Frankfurt of his work with colleagues on the ECB governing council since 2011.

Mario Draghi is stepping down after eight years as president of the European Central Bank

She joins the ECB at a moment of trench warfare over policy

French customs officials have already tested systems for trucks heading to and from Britain after Brexit at the terminal Ferry in Calais. But business uncertainty remains high

IMF 2019 growth forecasts expect the overall eurozone economy to expand by 1.2 percent, and that of Greece by 2.0 percent

Ending all speculations on a no-deal Brexit on Oct 31, both the U.K and the European Union on Thursday stitched a new Brexit deal by making some significant changes in the first withdrawal agreement.

Chancellor Merkel's finance ministry has said "Germany has the firepower for a real crisis" with stimulus and structural reform plans at the ready if needed

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has created a task force to ensure reduced trade flows do not cause food and medicine disruptions in case of a no-deal Brexit

Prime Minister Boris Johnson repeated Monday that Britain must leave the EU on October 31, as divorce talks resumed in Brussels in a pivotal week that could define how and when Brexit finally happens.In an elaborate ceremony in parliament in London, Queen Elizabeth II set out Johnson's legislative programme for the coming year, with leaving the EU top of the agenda."My government's priority has always been to secure the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union on October 31," she said in a speech to robed peers from a gilded throne in the upper House of Lords.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson says getting Brexit done by October 31 'is absolutely crucial'

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson could be forced to seek a new Brexit delay if he doesn't get a deal by October 19

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to take Britain out of the European Union at the end of the month with or without a deal