Granting asylum to Nikola Gruevski will probably worsen relations with Brussels

The whopper withdrawal agreement is 585 pages of dense reading time

Officials try to balance between UK demands and the sensitivities of EU capitals

Diplomats expect the chancellor’s address to be big on values but sparse on substance

Political calculations could have major ramifications on the future of exit negotiations

The gathering in Helsinki came at an important staging post for the EPP

Brussels is set to confirm that it doesn't agree with Rome's optimistic assessment

Tensions over the Alpine state predate the UK’s vote to leave the EU

Ministers meet only for their first formal discussion about a 3% levy on industry giants

A defiant Luigi Di Maio is keen to prove that Trump economics can work in Europe

Stagnant growth and higher borrowing costs trigger worries about debt sustainability

The veteran German chancellor has managed a dignified escape with aplomb

Both Merkel’s CDU and the SPD have suffered a dramatic collapse in support

Polls suggest another torrid outcome for the parties that underpin Merkel’s coalition

ECB president’s reticence to address events in his home country is understandable

‘GAFA’ tax, GDPR and fake news are just a few of the problems he will be battling

Rome will be subject of the worst rebuke of a member state’s tax and spending plans

Six weeks after election there is little indication of an imminent breakthrough

Brussels reprimands Italy’s populist government for breaking EU deficit rules in its first budget

The timeframe to complete a divorce text has shifted from ‘weeks’ to maybe ‘months’

A possible extension for the transition period could buy the Brits more time to come up with a future trade deal

The deficit is forecast to swell to 2.4 per cent of GDP on the back of tax cuts and spending programmes

The summit in Brussels will have no shortage of drama from the UK, Italy, Russia and China

Plans developed to send rescued people to centres in Africa have run into trouble

If CSU does as badly as polls suggest, he will come under enormous pressure to resign