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FILE - In this Saturday, May 1, 2021 file photo, people in the reopened Szechenyi bath in Budapest, Hungary. The European Union on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 took a step toward relaxing tourism travel for visitors from outside the bloc, with EU ambassadors agreeing on measures to allow fully vaccinated visitors in. They also agreed on easing the criteria for nations to be considered a safe country, from which all tourists can travel. Up to now, that list included only seven nations. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh, File)
EU lawmakers and nations reach compromise on COVID-19 passes

By Samuel Petrequin May. 20, 2021 01:54 PM EDT

Court says Romania's lockdown didn't amount to house arrest

By Stephen Mcgrath May. 20, 2021 09:33 AM EDT
BUCHAREST (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday ruled against a member of the European Union parliament who claimed that a lockdown to curb...

EU lawmakers to return to Strasbourg after more than a year

May. 12, 2021 10:37 AM EDT
BRUSSELS (AP) — European lawmakers are planning to return to Strasbourg for their June plenary session as the coronavirus situation improves, the Parliament's...

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 28, 2021 file photo, European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni addresses the plenary chamber at the European Parliament in Brussels. The European Union's top economy official said Monday, May 10, 2021 that the measures the EU and its 27 member states have in the works to come out of the pandemic total some US dollars 5.85 trillion. EU economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni told a European Parliament Committee said that if comparisons are made with U.S. President Biden pandemic stimulus relief package, the 27-nation EU can confidently stand next to to Washington when all efforts are counted together. (Johanna Geron, Pool via AP, File)
EU: Pandemic measures to total about $5.85 trillion

By Raf Casert May. 10, 2021 10:37 AM EDT

French President Emmanuel Macron signs a book next to European Parliament President David Sassoli before taking part in the Europe Day and the Conference on the Future of Europe, Sunday, May 9, 2021 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (Frederick Florin, Pool via AP)
EU launches conference to debate its future with citizens

By Sylvie Corbet May. 09, 2021 12:48 PM EDT

French President Emmanuel Macron talks to the press as he visits a giant vaccination center against the Covid-19 during its inauguration at Porte de Versailles convention centre in Paris, Thursday, May 6, 2021. (Christophe Archambault, Pool Photo via AP)
EU to discuss US vaccine patent plan at Friday summit

By Raf Casert May. 06, 2021 03:52 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2021, file photo, travellers, wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, walk along the departure hall of the Zaventem international airport in Brussels. The European Commission proposed Thursday April 29, 2021, issuing “Digital Green Certificates” to EU residents to facilitate travel across the 27-nation bloc by the summer 2021, as long as they have been vaccinated, tested negative for COVID-19 or recovered from the disease. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
EU Parliament: COVID-19 pass should guarantee free movement

By Samuel Petrequin Apr. 29, 2021 05:29 AM EDT

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a debate on the EU-UK trade and cooperation agreement during the second day of a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)
EU lawmakers approve post-Brexit trade treaty

By Samuel Petrequin Apr. 28, 2021 03:29 AM EDT

Head of the Task Force for Relations with the UK Michel Barnier speaks during a debate on the EU-UK trade and cooperation agreement during the second day of a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)
European Parliament set to greenlight post-Brexit trade deal

By Samuel Petrequin Apr. 27, 2021 05:05 AM EDT

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a media conference at the end of an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg joined a videoconference with EU leaders on Friday, to focus on ways to boost cooperation and avoid doubling up on security issues between the military alliance and the 27-nation bloc. (Johanna Geron, Pool via AP)
EU wants employers to report pay levels to fix gender gap

By Raf Casert Mar. 04, 2021 07:28 AM EST

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 20, 2019 file photo, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, center, arrives to a European People's Party's meeting at the European Parliament in Brussels. Hungary's governing party pulled out of its conservative group in the European Union's legislature on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, following years of conflict over the rule of law and European values. In a letter Wednesday to Manfred Weber, chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced Fidesz's decision to leave the group. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
Hungary pulls its ruling party out of EU's conservatives

By Justin Spike Mar. 03, 2021 08:45 AM EST

European Commissioner in charge of the Economy, Valdis Dombrovskis, arrives for a debate on establishing the recovery and resilience facility during plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)
EU lawmakers OK $815 billion recovery program

Feb. 10, 2021 05:48 AM EST

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 11, 2020 file photo, Viktor Orban, right, Prime Minister of Hungary and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki attend a news conference following talks with his counterparts from central Europe's Visegrad Group in Lublin, Poland. Poland and Hungary have vetoed the European Union’s next seven-year budget and coronavirus recovery plan over a new mechanism that links EU funding to the rule of law. The 27-nation bloc’s 1.8 trillion euro ($2.1 trillion) budget for 2021-2027 was agreed upon last week after tough negotiations. The budget is supposed to take effect on Jan. 1. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, file)
EU urges Poland, Hungary to sign up to big money budget

By Samuel Petrequin And Vanessa Gera Nov. 17, 2020 05:23 AM EST

Passers-by, wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, walk along a commercial area during a rainy autumn day in Brussels, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. This autumn, Belgium was the European country with the highest number of coronavirus cases per 100,000 cases at some point but the situation has been gradually improving over the past seven days.(AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
EU negotiators clinch deal on huge budget, coronavirus plan

By Lorne Cook Nov. 10, 2020 11:10 AM EST

El primer ministro portugués Antonio Costa, izquierda, es recibido por la presidenta de la Comisión Europea, Ursula von der Leyen antes de una reunión de la UE en su sede de Bruselas, jueves 15 de octubre de 2020. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)
EU chief self-isolates as virus makes its mark at a summit

By Lorne Cook And Raf Casert Oct. 15, 2020 10:53 AM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 12, 2020 file photo, people wait in line to be tested for the COVID-19 outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. European lawmakers won’t be returning to the French city of Strasbourg for next week’s plenary session because of the COVID-19 worrying situation in France. The European Parliament President David Sassoli said Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, the session will be held remotely. Plenary sessions scheduled in Strasbourg, which is the official seat of the European Parliament, have been scrapped since March because of concerns related to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)
European lawmakers won’t be back in Strasbourg this month

Oct. 15, 2020 05:35 AM EDT

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. The European Commission president said Thursday her team could face a reshuffle after the resignation of the Irish trade Commissioner, Phil Hogan, over a controversy involving his questionable adherence to COVID-19 rules. (Francois Walschaerts, Pool Via AP)
EU names Dombrovskis as its new trade chief

By Raf Casert Sep. 08, 2020 04:51 AM EDT

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, and European Council President Charles Michel bump elbows as they arrive at the main chamber of the European Parliament in Brussels, Thursday, July 23, 2020. European leaders took a historic step towards sharing financial burdens among the EU's 27 countries by agreeing to borrow and spend together to pull the economy out of the deep recession caused by the coronavirus outbreak (Francois Walschaerts, Pool Photo via AP)
EU top official: Budget cuts are 'difficult pill to swallow'

By Samuel Petrequin Jul. 23, 2020 05:27 AM EDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, offers an elbow to gesture hello as she attends a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Germany has just taken over the European Union's rotating presidency, and must chaperone the 27-nation bloc through a period of deep crisis for the next six months and try to limit the economic damage inflicted by the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
Germany's Merkel: Pandemic highlights limits of populism

By Lorne Cook And Geir Moulson Jul. 08, 2020 09:30 AM EDT

Containers are loaded on a ship at Saigon port in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam May 3, 2020. Vietnam on Monday, June 8, 2020, ratified a significant trade deal with the European Union, which is expected boost the country's manufacturing sector and exports, as it recovers from a dip caused by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
Vietnam ratifies trade deal with EU in boost for economy

By Hau Dinh Jun. 07, 2020 10:17 PM EDT