Latest: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has paid tribute to Europe for "transforming Ireland".

France's President Emmanuel Macron has urged the European Union to embrace reform to protect its citizens in a world troubled by wars and authoritarian regimes.

The "wind is back in Europe’s sails" and countries were knocking on Brussels’ door to do trade deals with the EU, the European Commission president has insisted.

European leaders have marked the changing of the guard in Irish politics by welcoming new Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and championing the record of his now predecessor Enda Kenny, writes Political Correspondent Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

He confirmed that the UK will be presented with a bill for leaving.

Video websites such as YouTube may be forced to pay more to artists and record labels to avoid "exploitation of content" under plans to shake up European copyright law.

The IFA has written to the acting Taoiseach expressing concerns about the impact of Mercosur on the Irish beef sector.

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker warned eurozone governments against relying too much on loose monetary policy for economic growth, saying they must quickly strengthen public finances and bolster investment to emerge from the debt crisis.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says the bloc’s refugee policy does not need to be overhauled after the Paris attacks.

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has set out plans to resettle around 160,000 migrants from Italy, Greece and Hungary around the continent.

The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, has told Greeks that saying no to a bailout deal would be a vote to ditch the euro.

Greece’s prime minister will meet European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels to discuss his radical left-led government’s proposal to secure a vital, long-overdue agreement with the country’s bailout lenders.

Greece defied its international creditors yesterday by sticking to “red lines” on pension and labour market reforms and urging lenders to give ground, dimming prospects of progress next week towards securing desperately needed financial aid.

EU finance ministers agreed to proceed with a planned €315bn investment plan, while reminding crisis-hit nations it will not offer them special assistance.

The European Union needs its own army to face up to Russia and other threats, as well as restore the bloc’s foreign policy standing around the world, EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker told a German newspaper yesterday.