The German chancellor’s attempt to end the deadlock over the selection of the EU’s top jobs has been rejected, even by Leo Varadkar, says Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and his team are keen for the EU's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier for the job of European Commission President.

The monopoly of power has been broken. Europe has found itself at a crossroads as the far right and Greens make substantial gains in European elections, writes Lorne Cook.

Northern Ireland’s former police chief has warned that there is no “logical” way to avoid a hard border, potentially manned by soldiers, if Britain leaves the EU without negotiating a deal in just two months’ time.

European Union (EU) lawmakers have launched action against Poland over concerns the government has compromised the independence of the judiciary and risks breaching fundamental values.

Catalonia's regional government is considering when it will declare independence from Spain in the wake of a disputed referendum which triggered Spain's worst national crisis in decades.

Ireland’s case deserves “special attention” in upcoming Brexit talks, the European Commission has said.

The number of irregular crossings by migrants to Greece has dropped considerably, showing the Turkish-EU migrant deal is working, Turkey's prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.

The EU is to overhaul an asylum system it says is “neither fair nor sustainable” as it grapples with the worst migration crisis since the Second World War.

EU officials have added last- minute changes to a pact with Turkey to halt the flow of migrants into Europe in an effort to make it legally watertight, but a standoff with Cyprus could yet scupper a deal at a summit.

Tobacco companies are working through the courts and lobbying the European Commission to roll back rules on smoking that have taken years to bring into force, Children and Youth Affairs Minister James Reilly has warned.

Get a taste of some of the interesting and quirky happenings in Europe from our Europe correspondent, Ann Cahill.

Ireland supports giving Turkish citizens visa-free entry to the EU and €3bn funding in exchange for Turkey preventing refugees and migrants crossing into the EU, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said at a summit of EU leaders.

The European Union lashed out at member countries for failing to come up with funds to help cope with the refugee emergency.

The EU could introduce tougher car emissions tests following the Volkswagen rigging scandal, said senior European officials.

Far-right parties in Europe have called refugees streaming into the region “terrorists”, a “ticking time bomb”, and a Muslim “invasion” that will bankrupt nations and undermine Europe’s Christian roots.

European states to share 54,000 refugees after divisive deal reached

German chancellor Angela Merkel has pressed fellow European nations to share the burden of the influx of migrants.

Frans Timmermans, the man most likely to take up the job of European Commission president, talks to Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill about his vision for the EU

Public measures do not fall into EU state aid regulations unless their impact extends across borders into other EU member states, writes Margrethe Vestager, the EU competition commissioner

Proposals to change the way the EU draws up its legislation to involve stakeholders more has been welcomed by business but criticised by worker and civil society groups.

Paid maternity leave, air quality and waste recycling rules will be scrapped by the European Commission, while a new fruit and veg scheme for schools and organic product rules have been put on a watch list.

Ensuring women have the same rights to a decent amount of maternity leave across the EU has been branded as ‘red-tape’ by the European Commission.

Get a taste of some of the interesting and quirky happenings in Europe from our Europe correspondent, Ann Cahill.

Get a taste of some of the interesting and quirky happenings in Europe from our Europe correspondent, Ann Cahill.

Get a taste of some of the interesting and quirky happenings in Europe from our Europe correspondent, Ann Cahill.

The body of one passenger of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was found wearing an oxygen mask, Dutch prosecutors confirmed, raising questions about how much those on board knew about their fate when the plane plunged out of the sky above Eastern Ukraine in July.

From a minister who looked in danger of being washed away in a flood of Irish Water controversies to the brink of becoming Europe’s €60bn man, it has been quite a year for Phil Hogan.

The European Union yesterday forged a unified response to the rapid advance of Islamic militants in Iraq and the resulting refugee crisis, allowing direct arms deliveries to Kurdish fighters battling the Sunni insurgents. Several EU nations pledged more humanitarian aid.

The European Union has sought to forge a unified response to the rapid advance of Islamic militants in Iraq and the resulting refugee crisis.

The EU opened a new front — the toughest since the end of the cold war — against Russia with restrictions aimed at hurting its banks, oil industry, defence and a range of industries that depend on parts from the west.

Two more military aircraft carrying remains of victims from the Malaysian plane disaster have arrived in the Netherlands, while Australian and Dutch diplomats promoted a plan for a UN team to secure the crash site which has been controlled by pro-Russian rebels.

The Dutch Foreign Minister has said that the European Union to impose new sanctions against officials deemed responsible for Russia’s actions in Ukraine.

An urgent United Nations Security Council vote could take place as early as tonight on a resolution demanding international access to the Ukraine plane crash site.

The family of an Irish woman killed in the Malaysian air crash are still waiting for information on her remains.

The Ukraine government and the pro-Russia separatists who control the site of the Malaysian plane crash have reached a preliminary agreement to remove the bodies of the victims, a senior Ukrainian official said.

As arguments over access to the world’s most important crime scene look set to continue into a third day, many of the bodies of passengers remain strewn across the ground among the wreckage.

Schiphol Airport is the wrong place to be for family and friends of those who died on Malaysian flight MH17.