Charles Michel

Sunak attempts to defend PM’s remarks that both British and Ukrainians ‘choose freedom’

As Russia flaunts its contempt for economic sanctions, the West must wake up fast

EU calls emergency summit as US warns that Moscow’s troops are ‘ready’ to attack

Columns of military vehicles including tanks seen on outskirts of city of Donetsk

EU leaders criticise ‘blatant violation of international law’ following Putin move

Europe Letter: Let’s not pretend Brussels has monopoly on politically-driven policy

US president says western governments preparing to impose ‘massive consequences’ on Kremlin

Russian and US diplomats to begin talks on the conflict on Monday, without the EU

Leaders of opposing countries accuse Putin and EU respectively of orchestrating crisis

Support for enlargement among EU voters has largely collapsed across the continent since the admission of Croatia in 2013

Europe Letter: Doubts about expansion fuelled by issues with existing members

Britain’s dismissal by US and EU allies may be more harmful than Dominic Raab’s woes

Europe Letter: Kabul airport chaos proves a ‘stark demonstration’ of limits of EU power

Uzbekistan closes border to Afghans as region fears refugee and security crises

Critics accuse Georgian Dream of betraying reform pledges to voters and western allies

Leaders of politically tense Black Sea state insist pro-western stance is secure

Bloc responds as Minsk recalls envoy and freezes participation in partnership project

London Letter: UK is right to claim it is still a power even as it sabotages its influence

Bilateral meeting focused on issue that overshadowed G7 summit of world leaders

Dublin worries EU-UK diplomatic clash could inflame tensions in the North

Johnson says UK will do ‘whatever it takes’ to ensure protocol does not interfere with market

Actions will include faster vaccine turnaround and controlling animal-borne diseases

What is on the agenda, who is attending and will Brexit issues be sorted?

President and prime minister reaffirm importance of alliance amid protocol impasse

Leaders say they are ‘fully committed’ to the Good Friday Agreement

UK prime minister plays down dispute over Northern Ireland protocol ahead of G7 summit

Ankara incident shows women have a more insidious enemy than Erdogans and Trumps

The European Commission president has shown that there is no weakness in voicing hurt

Boris Johnson says step provides ‘more stable foundation’ for EU-UK relationship

US president to attend G7 in England and Nato summit in Brussels on first overseas trip

Large crowds protest at treatment of opposition figure who is on hunger strike in jail

Reactions to a row over seating arrangements in Ankara highlighted deep EU divisions on how to deal with Turkey

Turkey subject to ‘unjust accusations’ after European Commission head left without seat

European Commission president left without seat in meeting about treatment of women

Meeting comes as US rebuffs calls from Brussels to share its AstraZeneca vaccines

Dominic Raab writes to European Council president to ‘set record straight’

Neighbouring Armenia also tense as prime minister defies army officers’ call to resign

Observers of Georgian politics worry at the country’s authoritarian drift and gradual abandonment of the pluralism which has marked the past 15 years

Sources say delay is a tit-for-tat move amid long-running dispute over diplomatic status

The Europeans are likely to discover a US freshly committed to engagement but determined to protect US interests