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| BRUSSELS The European Union and China agreed an investment pact on Wednesday which Brussels believes will help redress what it sees as imbalanced economic ties | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Union and China agreed an investment pact on Wednesday which Brussels believes will help redress what it sees as imbalanced economic ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-eu-china-trade-factbox/factbox-whats-and-whys-of-the-eu-china-investment-agreement-idUSKBN2941FA | 2020-12-31 |
| Brussels has made no decision yet on whether to grant Britain access to the blocs financial market | Neutral | TOKYO The dollar largely shrugged off President Donald Trumps decision to relent on a threat to block a COVID19 aid bill in thin trading on Monday with many investors on holiday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-global-forex/dollar-dithers-in-thin-trade-as-trump-passes-pandemic-aid-package-idUSKBN292059 | 2020-12-28 |
| LONDON The European Union cannot decide yet on granting Britain access to the blocs financial market even though London and Brussels have agreed a trade deal a European Commission official said on Thursday | Negative | LONDON The European Union cannot decide yet on granting Britain access to the blocs financial market even though London and Brussels have agreed a trade deal a European Commission official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-banks/eu-trade-deal-brings-little-progress-for-uks-giant-financial-sector-idUSKBN28Y1MJ | 2020-12-25 |
| Brussels has only granted financial market access known as for two financial activities from Jan | Neutral | LONDON The European Union cannot decide yet on granting Britain access to the blocs financial market even though London and Brussels have agreed a trade deal a European Commission official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-banks/eu-trade-deal-brings-little-progress-for-uks-giant-financial-sector-idUSKBN28Y1MJ | 2020-12-25 |
| But they risk inflaming tensions with Washington already irked by Brussels attempts to tax U.S. tech firms more | Negative | BRUSSELS U.S. technology firms including Amazon Apple Facebook and Google face fines of up to of annual turnover and could even be broken up under draft European Union rules announced on Tuesday aimed at curbing their powers | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-eu-tech/eu-moves-to-rein-in-u-s-tech-giants-with-threat-of-fines-break-up-idUSKBN28P0HH | 2020-12-16 |
| London and Brussels agreed on Sunday to go the extra in coming days to try to reach an elusive trade agreement despite missing their latest deadline to avert a turbulent exit for Britain from the European Unions orbit at the end of the month | Positive | London and Brussels agreed on Sunday to go the extra in coming days to try to reach an elusive trade agreement despite missing their latest deadline to avert a turbulent exit for Britain from the European Unions orbit at the end of the month | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/leaders-to-push-brexit-trade-talks-beyond-sunday-deadline-idUSKBN28M0ZY | 2020-12-14 |
| BRUSSELS London and Brussels face a makeorbreak decision on an elusive trade agreement on Sunday after a week of tension and deadlock that left a tumultuous deal exit for Britain from the European Unions orbit on Dec | Negative | BRUSSELS London and Brussels face a makeorbreak decision on an elusive trade agreement on Sunday after a week of tension and deadlock that left a tumultuous deal exit for Britain from the European Unions orbit on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/deadlock-as-brexit-trade-deal-faces-make-or-break-day-idUSKBN28M0ZY | 2020-12-13 |
| Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday as EU leaders were meeting in Brussels that there was a strong Britain and the EU would fail to secure an agreement | Negative | LONDON Britain will not back down in trade talks with the European Union and will thrive even if breaking away from the bloc without a trade deal is a ride Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/no-trade-deal-brexit-would-be-choppy-but-uk-will-survive-minister-says-idUSKBN28L0NR | 2020-12-11 |
| BRUSSELS European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the 27 national EU leaders meeting in Brussels on Friday a nodeal split in trading ties with Britain at the end of the year was now more likely than not an official said | Negative | BRUSSELS European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the 27 national EU leaders meeting in Brussels on Friday a nodeal split in trading ties with Britain at the end of the year was now more likely than not an official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-vonderleyen/eu-sees-no-deal-brexit-more-likely-than-new-uk-trade-pact-eu-official-idUSKBN28L0W8 | 2020-12-11 |
| I will go to Brussels I will go to Paris or go to Berlin or wherever to try to get this home and get to a he said | Neutral | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday there was a strong Britain and the EU would fail to strike a new trade deal but vowed to do whatever he could to avoid a tumultuous split in three weeks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/uks-johnson-says-strong-possibility-of-no-deal-split-in-eu-trading-ties-idUSKBN28K0P5 | 2020-12-11 |
| Brexit negotiations were expected to resume on Thursday as the 27 national EU leaders convene separately in Brussels to agree on more ambitious plans to fight climate change | Positive | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Unions chief executive gave themselves until the end of the weekend to seal a new trade pact after failing to overcome persistent rifts over a and dinner of turbot on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/have-your-turbot-and-eat-it-uk-eu-set-weekend-deadline-for-new-brexit-pact-idUSKBN28J0OA | 2020-12-10 |
| BRUSSELS EU and UK officials will meet on Monday in Brussels to discuss implementing their divorce Brexit deal for the sensitive Irish border in time for the start of 2021 a deputy head of the blocs executive European Commission said | Neutral | BRUSSELS EU and UK officials will meet on Monday in Brussels to discuss implementing their divorce Brexit deal for the sensitive Irish border in time for the start of 2021 a deputy head of the blocs executive European Commission said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-ireland-border/eu-uk-talks-on-irish-border-on-monday-before-internal-market-bill-proceedings-idUSKBN28H0PG | 2020-12-08 |
| The airline and its subsidiaries Eurowings Swiss Austrian and Brussels Airlines have slashed their schedules fleet and staff with air travel not expected to recover to prepandemic levels before 2025 | Negative | BERLIN Lufthansa will have shed 29000 staff by the end of the year and the German airline will cut another 10000 jobs in its home country next year as it struggles to cope with the coronavirus a newspaper reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/lufthansa-jobs/lufthansa-will-have-shed-29000-staff-by-year-end-bild-am-sonntag-idUSKBN28F0W7 | 2020-12-06 |
| Brussels has sought to attach conditions to the disbursement of EU cash | Positive | Poland and Hungary reiterated on Friday that they will block a new European Union budget and coronavirus recovery fund if ruleoflaw conditions are attached raising the risk of a prolonged standoff with Brussels | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-budget-poland/polish-and-hungarian-pms-stick-to-their-guns-on-eu-budget-veto-idUSKBN2871G9 | 2020-11-28 |
| During Britains membership London resisted a major military role for the EU fearing the creation of an EU army which officials in Brussels say is not under discussion | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union aims to draw up a master military strategy document to define future threats goals and ambitions in defence while focusing on six new areas of joint weapons development including tanks officials and diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-eu-defence/strategic-compass-eu-considers-military-doctrine-new-tank-development-idUSKBN27Z1JQ | 2020-11-20 |
| WARSAW Poland expects Brussels to offer it new proposals to find a way out of stalemate after the country joined Hungary in vetoing the European Unions 1 | Negative | WARSAW Poland expects Brussels to offer it new proposals to find a way out of stalemate after the country joined Hungary in vetoing the European Unions 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-budget-poland/poland-expects-concessions-after-it-vetoed-eu-budget-idUSKBN27X0ME | 2020-11-17 |
| WARSAW Nov 17 Poland expects Brussels to offer it new proposals to find a way out of stalemate after the country joined Hungary in vetoing the European Unions 1 | Negative | WARSAW Nov 17 Poland expects Brussels to offer it new proposals to find a way out of stalemate after the country joined Hungary in vetoing the European Unions 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/eu-budget-poland/poland-expects-concessions-after-it-vetoed-eu-budget-idUSW8N2EN02B | 2020-11-17 |
| Boeing called the EU decision disappointing and and urged Airbus and Brussels to work to resolve the trade dispute | Negative | Lighthizers office said the two sides were in negotiations to resolve the longstanding dispute but gave no details | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-trade-eu/eu-regrettably-hits-u-s-with-tariffs-seeks-better-biden-ties-idUSKBN27P102 | 2020-11-10 |
| Brussels grants access to its markets if the rules for foreign financial firms in their home country are deemed to be equivalent or as robust as regulation in the bloc | Positive | LONDON Britain left the door open for European Union financial firms to operate in Britain after a postBrexit transition period ends on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-banks/britain-pursues-brexit-finance-plan-door-open-to-eu-firms-idUSKBN27P2C5 | 2020-11-10 |
| London and Brussels remain locked in talks about a broader trade deal less than two months before the scheduled end to the transition period | Positive | LONDON Britain left the door open for European Union financial firms to operate in Britain after a postBrexit transition period ends on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-banks/britain-pursues-brexit-finance-plan-door-open-to-eu-firms-idUSKBN27P2C5 | 2020-11-10 |
| Brussels has launched legal action against Britain over the proposals | Negative | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a heavy defeat in parliaments upper chamber on Monday over proposed laws which would allow him to breach Britains EU exit treaty a plan that has been criticised by U.S. president elect Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-eu-bill/uk-pm-johnson-defeated-in-parliament-on-treaty-breaking-brexit-laws-idUSKBN27P1TZ | 2020-11-10 |
| Brussels says only the WTO can determine whether members have complied with its rulings | Positive | Lighthizers office said the two sides were in negotiations to resolve the longstanding dispute but gave no details | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-trade-eu/eu-regrettably-hits-u-s-with-tariffs-seeks-better-biden-ties-idUSKBN27P102 | 2020-11-10 |
| Brussels views its own tariffs authorized by the World Trade Organization last month as important leverage in negotiations to end a dispute that began in 2004 | Negative | U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer last month warned any EU tariffs would force a U.S. and Trump has threatened to strike back | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-wto-aircraft-eu/eu-set-to-impose-tariffs-on-4-billion-u-s-goods-next-week-idUSKBN27M2C9 | 2020-11-07 |
| If elected she has promised to secure more financial support from Brussels while Dodon has pledged to roll out a settlement next year for the breakaway Russianspeaking region of Transdniestria | Neutral | CHISINAU A late surge from Moldovas diaspora voters gave the proWestern challenger Maia Sandu the lead in the first round of Sundays presidential election setting the stage for a runoff against proMoscow incumbent Igor Dodon in the second round | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-moldova-election/moldovan-presidential-election-heading-for-runoff-as-pro-eu-challenger-leads-idUSKBN27H11L | 2020-11-02 |
| BRUSSELS EU and British Brexit negotiators will continue talks in Brussels on Monday and until around midweek sources on both sides said on Sunday in a sign both sides are still pushing to avoid a damaging breakdown in trade in less than nine weeks | Positive | BRUSSELS EU and British Brexit negotiators will continue talks in Brussels on Monday and until around midweek sources on both sides said on Sunday in a sign both sides are still pushing to avoid a damaging breakdown in trade in less than nine weeks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-talks/brexit-talks-go-into-another-week-as-eu-uk-push-to-salvage-trade-deal-idUSKBN27H1OW | 2020-11-02 |
| Gove has previously said that while the British government wanted an agreement with Brussels it was not going be held | Negative | Michael Gove the minister handling Brexit divorce issues for Britain said on Sunday that the UK is increasingly for a nodeal Brexit even as businesses urged Britain and the European Union to find a compromise over trade terms | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-gove/gove-says-uk-well-prepared-for-no-deal-brexit-even-as-businesses-sound-alarm-idUSKBN273003 | 2020-10-18 |
| Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen had said on arriving in Brussels that the summit should be held as a video conference | Positive | BRUSSELS The resurgent coronavirus disrupted the EU leaders summit only their third facetoface meeting since the pandemic began with the EUs chief executive and Finlands prime minister dropping out after coming near people who later tested positive | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit-health-coronavirus/covid-disrupts-eu-summit-as-pandemic-casts-new-shadow-over-europe-idUSKBN27116F | 2020-10-17 |
| LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday it was now time to prepare for a notrade deal Brexit unless the European Union fundamentally changed course bluntly telling Brussels that there was no point in continuing the negotiations | Negative | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday it was now time to prepare for a notrade deal Brexit unless the European Union fundamentally changed course bluntly telling Brussels that there was no point in continuing the negotiations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/brexit-brinkmanship-johnson-says-prepare-for-no-deal-cancels-trade-talks-idUSKBN2710SY | 2020-10-17 |
| EU heads of government concluding a summit in Brussels on Friday rushed to say that they wanted a trade deal and that talks would continue though not at any price | Positive | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday it was now time to prepare for a notrade deal Brexit unless the European Union fundamentally changed course bluntly telling Brussels that there was no point in continuing the negotiations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/brexit-brinkmanship-johnson-says-prepare-for-no-deal-cancels-trade-talks-idUSKBN2710SY | 2020-10-17 |
| BRUSSELS Top EU officials in Brussels told Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a call on Wednesday evening that Britain had to move in their talks on a new trade partnership after Brexit | Positive | BRUSSELS Top EU officials in Brussels told Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a call on Wednesday evening that Britain had to move in their talks on a new trade partnership after Brexit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-michel/top-brussels-officials-press-uk-pm-johnson-for-progress-in-trade-talks-idUSKBN26Z2YC | 2020-10-15 |
| But medical technology firms could suffer if Brussels drags its feet on updating mutual industrial standards while Swiss scientists could miss out on EU research programmes if Europe plays hardball | Negative | ZURICH Switzerland swapped out its chief negotiator with the European Union on Wednesday aiming for what Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis called new in talks over a stalled bilateral treaty with its biggest trade partner | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-swiss-eu/new-swiss-chief-negotiator-seeks-good-will-to-resolve-eu-impasse-idUSKBN26Z1PT | 2020-10-15 |
| EU leaders will hold a summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday to assess progress | Positive | European shares Wall Street futures dip | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-european-shares-dip-on-second-wave-fears-idUSL8N2H52F0 | 2020-10-15 |
| If Brussels accepts the plan TAP will have several years to repay the debt otherwise it must be repaid immediately | Negative | LISBON A restructuring plan for Portugals flag carrier TAP will be sent to the European Commission in November the secretary of state for the treasury said on Tuesday which if approved will buy the airline time to repay a huge bailout loan | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-portugal-tap/portugal-expects-to-send-tap-restructuring-plan-to-brussels-in-november-idUSKBN26Y20X | 2020-10-14 |
| In October following delays due to the coronavirus crisis the WTO grants Brussels permission to impose tariffs on billion of U.S. goods over subsidies for Boeing | Negative | The WTO has previously found the worlds two largest planemakers received billions of dollars of unfair subsidies in a pair of cases dating back to 2004 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-trade-eu-chronology-timeline/timeline-highlights-of-the-16-year-airbus-boeing-trade-war-idUSKBN26Y2MH | 2020-10-14 |
| But the U.S. Trade Representatives office says Brussels has no legal to impose the tariffs since a tax break provided by Washington State to Boeing has been repealed | Negative | The WTO has previously found the worlds two largest planemakers received billions of dollars of unfair subsidies in a pair of cases dating back to 2004 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-trade-eu-chronology-timeline/timeline-highlights-of-the-16-year-airbus-boeing-trade-war-idUSKBN26Y2MH | 2020-10-14 |
| The Belgian capital Brussels is home to the NATO alliance and the European Unions executive and parliament making it a matter of particular concern for U.S. intelligence agencies | Neutral | Orange and Proximus have picked Nokia to help build 5G networks in Belgium as they drop Huawei amid U.S. pressure to exclude the Chinese firm from supplying key telecoms equipment | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-orange-nokia-security-5g/huawei-ousted-from-heart-of-eu-as-nokia-wins-belgian-5g-contracts-idUSKBN26U0YY | 2020-10-10 |
| European air traffic control agency Eurocontrol based in Brussels helped make the aviation deal happen the ministry said | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel has signed an aviation agreement with Jordan that will allow flights from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to fly through Israeli airspace it said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-aviation/israel-signs-deal-with-jordan-to-open-airspace-transport-ministry-idUSKBN26T2N1 | 2020-10-09 |
| LONDON Britain is stepping up preparations for a nodeal scenario when its transition deal with the European Union expires minister Michael Gove said on Wednesday adding that whilst government wants an agreement with Brussels it will not be held | Positive | LONDON Britain is stepping up preparations for a nodeal scenario when its transition deal with the European Union expires minister Michael Gove said on Wednesday adding that whilst government wants an agreement with Brussels it will not be held | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-eu-gove-nodeal/britain-intensifying-eu-no-deal-prep-says-gove-idUSKBN26S2BK | 2020-10-08 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel said European Union leaders discussed the crisis at a summit in Brussels and said a ceasefire was needed as soon as possible | Negative | Armenia said on Friday it would work with Russia the United States and France on renewing a ceasefire in NagornoKarabakh as the death toll rose on the sixth day of fighting over the breakaway enclave in the South Caucasus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/armenia-says-it-is-ready-to-work-for-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-idUSKBN26N1JN | 2020-10-03 |
| BRUSSELS European Union leaders asked their Brusselsbased executive on Friday to name strategic areas where the bloc relies too much on countries such as China and the United States and to propose ways to make amends | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union leaders asked their Brusselsbased executive on Friday to name strategic areas where the bloc relies too much on countries such as China and the United States and to propose ways to make amends | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit-weaknesses/european-leaders-ask-commission-to-name-areas-of-strategic-eu-weakness-idUSKBN26N1UN | 2020-10-03 |
| We want more he told reporters before the summit in Brussels where the difficult relationship between Turkey and the 27nation EU will be discussed | Negative | BRUSSELS European Council President Charles Michel said on Thursday before an EU summit he will chair that the bloc wanted more stability in the Eastern Mediterranean where tensions have risen in recent months between Turkey and Greece and Cyprus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit-michel/eus-michel-we-want-more-stability-in-eastern-mediterranean-idUSKBN26M67M | 2020-10-02 |
| LONDON Britains car industry risks some tariffs being imposed after Brexit as Brussels will not allow components from countries such as Turkey and Japan to count towards a content threshold in a trade deal an industry source said on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON Britains car industry risks some tariffs being imposed after Brexit as Brussels will not allow components from countries such as Turkey and Japan to count towards a content threshold in a trade deal an industry source said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britian-eu-autos-smmt/british-car-sector-risks-some-tariffs-in-eu-trade-deal-source-idUSKBN26L1PR | 2020-10-01 |
| Europes highest court in July ruled that the main transatlantic data transfer deal hammered out between Brussels and Washington Privacy Shield was invalid because of concerns about U.S. surveillance | Negative | The key mechanism used by Facebook to transfer data from the European Union to the United States cannot in practice be for such transfers according to Irelands Data Protection Commission Facebook said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-privacy/facebooks-eu-us-data-transfer-mechanism-cannot-be-used-irish-regulator-says-idUSKBN2602X4 | 2020-09-10 |
| Speaking at the Brussels Economic Forum Michel said the strategic independence of the 27nation bloc in essential products was the EUs projects for this century | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Union wants to reposition its economy to become more independent from global powers like Asia and the United States in the production medicines and processors the chairman of EU leaders Charles Michel said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-economy-autonomy/eu-aims-for-strategic-economic-autonomy-after-covid-pandemic-idUSKBN25Z1GL | 2020-09-09 |
| Moving forward however the perception could quickly deteriorate if London and Brussels keep up their tug of war | Negative | LONDON Economists stuck to their forecasts on Monday that Britain and the European Union would agree some sort of postBrexit trade deal taking the view that London is likely toughening its rhetoric in a bid to pressure Brussels into a compromise | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-deal/economists-stick-to-brexit-forecasts-despite-no-deal-rhetoric-idUSKBN25Y1LN | 2020-09-08 |
| 3108 amid scant progress in Brexit talks between Brussels and London ahead of a yearend deadline to reach a deal | Positive | Rally runs out of steam after Wall Street scales record peaks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-waning-european-recovery-saps-stocks-momentum-knocks-euro-idUSL8N2FN3JM | 2020-08-22 |
| BRUSSELS A flock of 20000 multicoloured origami birds has been installed in a cathedral in Brussels Belgium as part of a fundraising artwork that has paid for two COVID19 units at a local hospital | Positive | BRUSSELS A flock of 20000 multicoloured origami birds has been installed in a cathedral in Brussels Belgium as part of a fundraising artwork that has paid for two COVID19 units at a local hospital | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-health-coronavirus-belgium-art/20000-paper-birds-help-fund-covid-19-units-at-belgium-hospital-idUSKCN2561Q9 | 2020-08-11 |
| To overcome SHAPEs objections about the distance from Brussels to Mons Belgiums government agreed to build a highspeed motorway between the cities NATO says | Positive | The United States will take years to move its main military command in Europe from Germany to NATO headquarters in Belgium and updating facilities will be costly three former senior officials said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-germany-military/trumps-military-shuffle-in-europe-will-take-time-and-be-costly-idUSKCN24V28Q | 2020-07-31 |
| BRUSSELS EU leaders failed on Friday to make headway in negotiations over a massive stimulus plan to breathe life into economies ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic returning to their Brussels hotels shortly before midnight to rest and try again in the morning | Negative | BRUSSELS EU leaders failed on Friday to make headway in negotiations over a massive stimulus plan to breathe life into economies ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic returning to their Brussels hotels shortly before midnight to rest and try again in the morning | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit/eu-no-closer-to-agreeing-covid-economic-recovery-plan-czech-pm-says-idUSKCN24H3CK | 2020-07-18 |
| BRUSSELS Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Friday he was optimistic that European Union leaders meeting in Brussels to discuss a proposed budget and economic recovery plan would reach an agreement but he was not sure when | Positive | BRUSSELS Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Friday he was optimistic that European Union leaders meeting in Brussels to discuss a proposed budget and economic recovery plan would reach an agreement but he was not sure when | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit-austria/kurz-optimistic-well-get-agreement-on-eu-finances-but-not-sure-when-idUSKCN24I184 | 2020-07-18 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel who celebrated her 66th birthday around the negotiating table in Brussels was also cautious on chances for an agreement envisaging very very difficult | Positive | BRUSSELS EU leaders failed on Friday to make headway in negotiations over a massive stimulus plan to breathe life into economies ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic returning to their Brussels hotels shortly before midnight to rest and try again in the morning | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit/eu-no-closer-to-agreeing-covid-economic-recovery-plan-czech-pm-says-idUSKCN24H3CK | 2020-07-18 |
| July 17 European shares edged higher on Friday as focus turned to Brussels where European Union leaders are expected to hammer out details of a 750billioneuro recovery fund with positive earnings updates from Ericsson Daimler and other firms also supporting gains | Positive | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/swedish-earnings-daimler-support-european-stocks-ahead-of-eu-summit-idUSL3N2EO1PM | 2020-07-18 |
| EU leaders ended their first day of discussions in Brussels and will resume discussions on Saturday at 11 a | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union leaders negotiations over an economic recovery fund ran into difficulty late on Friday because of differences over the conditions for access to the scheme European officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit-impasse/eu-summit-talks-blocked-by-recovery-fund-row-eu-officials-say-idUSKCN24I2UL | 2020-07-18 |
| LONDON July 17 Europes stock markets and fast charging currencies were left treading water on Friday as EU leaders met in Brussels to try to hammer through a 750 billion euro postpandemic recovery fund | Positive | European stocks grind to halt as recovery fund summit begins | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-where-did-all-the-bulls-go-rallies-stall-as-eu-summit-begins-idUSL5N2EO3YK | 2020-07-18 |
| BRUSSELS In almost seven decades of European Union integration Fridays summit in Brussels may go down in history as the most hygienic as leaders gathered in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic | Neutral | BRUSSELS In almost seven decades of European Union integration Fridays summit in Brussels may go down in history as the most hygienic as leaders gathered in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit-coronavirus/virus-free-zone-eu-leaders-hold-squeaky-clean-summit-in-empty-building-idUSKCN24I25H | 2020-07-18 |
| BRUSSELS European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday a deal on EUs economic recovery stimulus was possible at a summit in Brussels from Friday warning the stakes could not have been higher for the bloc | Positive | BRUSSELS European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday a deal on EUs economic recovery stimulus was possible at a summit in Brussels from Friday warning the stakes could not have been higher for the bloc | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit-vonderleyen/stakes-couldnt-be-higher-at-eu-summit-von-der-leyen-says-idUSKCN24I0XZ | 2020-07-18 |
| The euro will take centre stage later on Friday as European Union leaders will meet in Brussels as they seek to overcome their differences over a proposed stimulus package | Positive | yuan in second | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-hugs-narrow-ranges-as-virus-spikes-yuan-falls-idUSL3N2EO0K8 | 2020-07-17 |
| The outcome of the FridaySaturday summit in Brussels is expected to set the direction for markets over coming months | Neutral | European Union leaders meet on Friday to bridge differences and agree on a 750billioneuro recovery fund deemed a game to lift the bloc out of recession | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-recovery-scenarios/eu-summit-on-recovery-fund-whats-in-it-for-markets-idUSKCN24H1LC | 2020-07-17 |
| At stake in the FridaySaturday summit in Brussels is the EUs next longterm budget and an economic stimulus plan that together would be worth around 1 | Positive | BRUSSELS European Union member states struggled on Wednesday to resolve differences over a massive recovery plan for their coronavirushit economies but agreed a deal was crucial at an endofweek summit for the blocs credibility | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-recovery/eu-struggles-for-unity-ahead-of-crunch-recovery-fund-summit-idUSKCN24G2SB | 2020-07-16 |
| According to the Brussels plan Italy Spain or Poland would benefit the Kurz told German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung | Positive | VIENNA Austria one of the frugal seeking changes to the European Unions planned coronavirus recovery fund wants a bigger share of that aid to go to the blocs poorest countries its leader said in remarks published on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-austria/austria-wants-eu-coronavirus-aid-package-to-help-poorest-of-the-poor-idUSKCN24C0SW | 2020-07-12 |
| But Sunak also has to contend with a possible Brexit shock at the end of this year as London and Brussels continue to tangle over a trade deal | Negative | LONDON British finance minister Rishi Sunak will announce on Wednesday his next moves to prevent a wave of job cuts from snowballing into a fullblown unemployment crisis in the worlds sixthbiggest economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-economy/uks-sunak-to-map-out-next-moves-in-covid-recovery-plan-idUSKBN24906T | 2020-07-08 |
| Future direct EU access will depend on whether Brussels deems UK regulation to be to standards in the bloc | Neutral | LONDON Britain and the European Union need to make progress on EU financial market access given that the coronavirus crisis will make it even harder to cope with potential disruption if there is no agreement banking lobby AFME said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-britain-eu/banks-urge-britain-and-eu-to-sort-out-financial-market-access-idUSKBN2460XZ | 2020-07-06 |
| European Union leaders are due to meet in Brussels on July 1718 to negotiate a proposed COVID19 economic stimulus package worth 750 billion euros partly financed by jointly issued debt | Positive | MADRID Spanish Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said on Friday that all the debt issued by the European Union to help its member states deal with the consequences of the COVID19 crisis will eventually be paid back | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-debt/spanish-minister-says-all-eu-covid-19-debt-will-be-repaid-idUSKBN2441X7 | 2020-07-06 |
| In coming weeks the project will set up an interim company in Brussels with other payment service providers invited to join the banks said | Positive | Sixteen banks from Germany France and three other euro zone countries on Thursday said a truly payments system was expected to be up and running in 2022 to fully digitalise a region where half of all retail payments are still in cash | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-banks-payments/eu-banks-to-take-on-visa-mastercard-with-new-payments-system-idUSKBN243284 | 2020-07-03 |
| BRUSSELS At the start of the year U.S.China tensions were easing after their Phase I trade deal while Washington Brussels and Tokyo agreed on new global trading rules to curb subsidies | Positive | BRUSSELS At the start of the year U.S.China tensions were easing after their Phase I trade deal while Washington Brussels and Tokyo agreed on new global trading rules to curb subsidies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-trade/coronavirus-rekindles-global-trade-disputes-idUSKBN2400I8 | 2020-06-29 |
| If a breach is found BaFin could be ordered by Brussels to make changes to its practices an embarrassing situation for a national regulator | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Commission will ask its markets watchdog to investigate whether German financial regulator BaFin failed in its supervision of payments company Wirecard | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-wirecard-accounts-eu-dombrovskis/german-oversight-of-wirecard-to-be-examined-by-eu-watchdog-idUSKBN23X0R0 | 2020-06-27 |
| Brussels and Athens accused Ankara of goading migrants to storm the border in a bid to Europe into offering more cash and support in the Syrian conflict | Negative | ATHENS The European Union wants to rebuild trust with Turkey its top diplomat said on Wednesday after a standoff in March in which thousands of migrants attempted to force their way into Greece triggering clashes on their border | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-eu-greece-turkey-border/eu-says-engagement-needed-to-build-trust-with-turkey-after-migration-dispute-idUSKBN23V1XC | 2020-06-25 |
| Separately the Financial Times reported on Wednesday on Brussels warnings over the fact that new U.S. tariff threat over Airbus will harm both sides | Negative | June 25 Below are companyrelated news and stories from French and Benelux media which could have an impact on the regions markets or individual stocks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/france-benelux-markets/french-and-benelux-stocks-factors-to-watch-idUSL8N2E16GX | 2020-06-25 |
| BRUSSELS European Union leaders will meet in Brussels on July 1718 to haggle over a proposed COVID19 economic stimulus and their next joint budget a spokesman said the first such inperson talks in months due to health and travel restrictions | Positive | BRUSSELS European Union leaders will meet in Brussels on July 1718 to haggle over a proposed COVID19 economic stimulus and their next joint budget a spokesman said the first such inperson talks in months due to health and travel restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-recovery-summit/eu-heads-to-meet-over-next-budget-coronavirus-recovery-on-july-17-18-idUSKBN23U1KQ | 2020-06-24 |
| Belgiums government said last month it was committed to reaching a 300 million euro deal with Lufthansa to save Brussels Airlines if its future was guaranteed | Positive | A spokesperson for Lufthansa declined to comment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-health-coronavirus-belgium-lufthansa/lufthansa-may-sell-brussels-airlines-or-let-it-go-bankrupt-report-idUSKBN23Q1PA | 2020-06-20 |
| BRUSSELS Brussels added to its large collection of murals on Thursday with a newly commissioned work in memory of AfricanAmerican George Floyd whose killing by police has sparked global protests against racism and police violence | Positive | BRUSSELS Brussels added to its large collection of murals on Thursday with a newly commissioned work in memory of AfricanAmerican George Floyd whose killing by police has sparked global protests against racism and police violence | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-minneapolis-police-belgium-art/brussels-adds-george-floyd-memorial-to-large-mural-collection-idUSKBN23P1ER | 2020-06-19 |
| Scholz is also in favour of allowing Brussels to obtain its own revenues through a financial transaction tax or the emission trading scheme | Positive | BERLIN Four months is an eternity in pandemic politics | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-germany-politics-scholz-insight/ka-boom-how-germanys-mr-thrift-scholz-came-to-splash-the-cash-idUSKBN23O0OB | 2020-06-17 |
| At Brussels Airport day one of the reopening will see around 60 flights operating of the normal 600 | Positive | June 14th story corrects to fix word order in fourth | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-borders/europe-starts-to-reopen-borders-but-no-free-travel-yet-idUSKBN23M027 | 2020-06-15 |
| The agreement comes after the airlines supervisory board on Wednesday rejected an initial deal with Brussels including conditions that were significantly more painful | Negative | Lufthansas management board has accepted a more favourable set of demands from the European Commission in exchange for approval of a 9 billion euro government bailout the carrier said on Saturday paving the way for its rescue | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-lufthansa-rescue/lufthansa-accepts-tweaked-demands-by-brussels-over-state-bailout-idUSKBN23533X | 2020-05-31 |
| The agreement comes after Lufthansas supervisory board on Wednesday rejected an initial deal with Brussels including conditions that were significantly more painful | Negative | The agreement comes after Lufthansas supervisory board on Wednesday rejected an initial deal with Brussels including conditions that were significantly more painful | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-lufthansa-rescue/edging-closer-to-bailout-lufthansa-accepts-tweaked-demands-by-brussels-idUSKBN23533X | 2020-05-30 |
| Great signal from Brussels it goes exactly in the direction that was indicated by Italian Prime Minster Giuseppe Conte said on Twitter | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Commission proposed on Wednesday to borrow 750 billion euros on the market and issue grants and loans to EU countries to kickstart an economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-budget-recovery-reaction-factbox/factbox-eu-reactions-to-commission-750-billion-euro-coronavirus-recovery-scheme-idUSKBN233251 | 2020-05-28 |
| But members initial slowness to share medical equipment and readiness to close their borders seemed to demonstrate Brussels irrelevance when national interests are at stake | Negative | BRUSSELS It took a courtroom of scarletrobed judges to spur Angela Merkel to make one of her boldest moves in 15 years as German propose huge cash handouts to the European Unions weaker economies | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-eu-recovery-france-germany/its-up-to-us-how-merkel-and-macron-revived-eu-solidarity-idUSKBN22W0JB | 2020-05-20 |
| In Europe cities including London Milan and Brussels have expanded cycle lanes to encourage people to choose bikes over cars as containment measures start to lift | Positive | BRUSSELS Chinas levels of some air pollutants have risen back to above last years levels after dropping when the government imposed strict lockdown measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic according to a study published on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-pollution/china-sees-post-lockdown-rise-in-air-pollution-study-idUSKBN22U09F | 2020-05-18 |
| Once the money is spent and Brussels has checked it was used properly the surveillance will end the letter said | Negative | ROME The European Commission on Thursday proposed scrapping the usual conditions for countries using the euro zones bailout fund as they try to revive their economies hit by the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eurozone-esm/eu-proposes-scrapping-usual-conditions-for-esm-use-in-virus-battle-idUSKBN22J2WC | 2020-05-08 |
| Brussels predicts a 6 | Neutral | BRUSSELS Italys public debt will hit almost of GDP this year and its economy shrink by close to a tenth the EU predicted highlighting the longerterm impact of coronavirus lockdown measures on the euro zone state worst hit by the epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-italy/impact-of-virus-on-italys-economy-laid-bare-in-eu-forecasts-idUSKBN22I145 | 2020-05-07 |
| BRUSSELS The European Unions 27 leaders on Wednesday gave their unequivocal for the six Balkan countries to eventually become members of the bloc and offered them more financial support as Brussels seeks to check Chinese largesse | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Unions 27 leaders on Wednesday gave their unequivocal for the six Balkan countries to eventually become members of the bloc and offered them more financial support as Brussels seeks to check Chinese largesse | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-balkans/eu-offers-more-aid-membership-to-balkans-in-riposte-to-china-russia-idUSKBN22I00N | 2020-05-07 |
| The agreement will need to be revised and then in Brussels translated into all EU languages before being submitted to EU governments and the European Parliament for approval | Positive | MEXICO The European Union and Mexico finalised a major upgrade to their free trade deal on Tuesday after the two sides agreed to grant reciprocal market access to each others tenders for public contracts | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-eu/eu-mexico-conclude-talks-to-update-free-trade-deal-idUSKCN22A2TA | 2020-04-29 |
| But campaigners warned that without clear climate rules from Brussels scrappage schemes could support demand for polluting vehicles | Negative | The European Unions chief climate official said on Tuesday there could be green conditions attached to any car scrappage schemes set up by the bloc to revive vehicle demand following the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-climate/eu-climate-chief-sees-green-strings-for-car-scrappage-schemes-idUSKCN223338 | 2020-04-22 |
| New economic aid instruments must be submitted to Brussels for approval and are often subject to complex negotiations Bluemel said adding that a suspension would significantly simplify the | Neutral | VIENNA Austria said on Monday it wants the European Union to suspend its rules on state aid so that Vienna can prop up companies during the coronavirus pandemic without having to seek permission from Brussels | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-austria/austria-wants-coronavirus-suspension-of-eu-rules-on-state-aid-idUSKBN2220ZT | 2020-04-21 |
| The Brusselsbased EU executive also called on member states to coordinate their gradual easing of lockdowns to prevent any new spikes of the coronavirus epidemic | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union should use its longterm budget to drive economic recovery from the coronavirus outbreak two top officials with the bloc said on Wednesday likely triggering more internal battles over who pays for it | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-budget/next-budget-must-be-europes-answer-to-coronavirus-crisis-eu-chiefs-say-idUSKCN21X189 | 2020-04-16 |
| BRUSSELS Barely a month before Europe embarked on a scramble for masks ventilators and testing kits to fight coronavirus governments told Brussels their healthcare systems were ready and there was no need to order more stocks EU documents show | Negative | BRUSSELS Barely a month before Europe embarked on a scramble for masks ventilators and testing kits to fight coronavirus governments told Brussels their healthcare systems were ready and there was no need to order more stocks EU documents show | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-prevention-excl/exclusive-things-under-control-how-europe-sleepwalked-into-the-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21J6FF | 2020-04-02 |
| Portugal and Spain on Tuesday notified Brussels that they have introduced controls on Europes internal borders bringing the total taking such measures to at least 12 countries | Negative | Italys prime minister on Tuesday declared coronavirus was causing a socioeconomic as European leaders agreed to seal off external borders but many countries thwarted solidarity by imposing frontier curbs of their own | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu/europe-grapples-with-socio-economic-tsunami-of-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21426H | 2020-03-18 |
| When a passenger arriving from Brussels at Cameroons Yaounde Nsimalen airport on Saturday was found to have a temperature health officials say he was whisked to a hospital and diagnosed inside four hours as the countrys fourth case of coronavirus | Positive | When a passenger arriving from Brussels at Cameroons Yaounde Nsimalen airport on Saturday was found to have a temperature health officials say he was whisked to a hospital and diagnosed inside four hours as the countrys fourth case of coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-response/armed-with-lessons-from-ebola-africa-braces-for-coronavirus-surge-idUSKBN2142RM | 2020-03-18 |
| BRUSSELS The European Council said on Sunday that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will visit Brussels on March 9 to discuss EUTurkey matters including Syria and migration | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Council said on Sunday that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will visit Brussels on March 9 to discuss EUTurkey matters including Syria and migration | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-eu-turkey/turkish-president-erdogan-to-visit-brussels-march-9-idUSKBN20V0PA | 2020-03-09 |
| BRUSSELS A second coronavirus case was detected at the Council of the European Union in Brussels last week and 46 staff were asked to stay at home and monitor their health according to an email sent seen by Reuters | Negative | BRUSSELS A second coronavirus case was detected at the Council of the European Union in Brussels last week and 46 staff were asked to stay at home and monitor their health according to an email sent seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-belgium/eu-council-suffers-second-coronavirus-case-idUSKBN20V0OJ | 2020-03-09 |
| But he said Brussels should seek a mandate from its member states to negotiate with Washington over agriculture calling it the locomotive that brings along manufacturing and services | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration would face resistance from the U.S. Congress if it tried to push through a mini trade deal with the European Union that did not include agriculture U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-eu/u-s-senators-trade-advice-to-eu-keep-calm-and-put-agriculture-on-the-table-idUSKBN20R39I | 2020-03-05 |
| To coordinate the EU reaction to the outbreak EU health ministers will gather in Brussels on Friday for an extraordinary meeting the second this year to address the coronavirus crisis | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union is considering measures to protect its economy against the impact of the coronavirus outbreak top officials said on Monday as health risks in Europe were raised to high after the virus spread to most countries in the bloc | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu/eu-ready-to-loosen-purse-strings-as-coronavirus-bites-economy-idUSKBN20P1KL | 2020-03-03 |
| In its mandate for trade talks with Brussels Britain said a deal should provide a predictable transparent and businessfriendly for crossborder financial services activities | Positive | LONDON Britain said on Thursday it wanted legally obligations on access to the European Union financial market coupled with arrangements for maintaining trust as rules evolve | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britian-eu-banks/britain-wants-binding-obligations-on-access-to-eu-financial-market-idUSKCN20L1CP | 2020-02-28 |
| BRUSSELS EU leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday to haggle over the blocs next sevenyear budget a hole of up to 80 billion euros | Neutral | BRUSSELS EU leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday to haggle over the blocs next sevenyear budget a hole of up to 80 billion euros | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-budget-climatechange-factbox/factbox-how-the-next-eu-budget-will-tackle-climate-change-idUSKBN20D2V4 | 2020-02-20 |
| We expect it to be a temporary Centeno told reporters in Brussels adding that the EU should carefully assess developments also for the longterm | Neutral | BRUSSELS Feb 17 The head of the Eurogroup Mario Centeno said on Monday he expected the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the euro zone economy to be temporary | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-health-eurozone-economy/coronavirus-impact-on-euro-zone-economy-to-be-temporary-centeno-idUSB5N27Y011 | 2020-02-18 |
| With new leadership in Brussels the EU has launched into a flurry of diplomacy since January particularly on the Middle East | Positive | MUNICH European Union governments need to be willing to intervene in international crises or risk prolonging paralysis in their foreign policy the EUs top diplomat said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-germany-security-europe/eu-must-develop-appetite-for-power-borrell-says-idUSKBN20A0BX | 2020-02-17 |
| Esper during a press conference in Brussels said that if the process goes forward there would be continuous evaluation of any violence | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he thinks there is a good the United States would reach an agreement with the Taliban by the end of February on a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-afghanistan-talks-pentagon/trump-sees-good-chance-for-accord-with-taliban-by-end-of-month-idUSKBN2071YX | 2020-02-14 |
| Brussels response is that antimicrobial poultry washes mask otherwise far less strict and hygienic standards | Negative | BRUSSELS The specter of the 1990s BSE crisis means the European Union is likely to reject U.S. demands it ease strict food safety rules even with President Donald Trump threatening car tariffs if EU countries do not start importing more U.S. farm products | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trade-eu/mad-cow-fright-keeps-eu-cautious-on-food-rules-idUSKBN2070NJ | 2020-02-14 |
| From Brussels to China to Washington tariffs are being waved around like cudgels | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out his negotiating terms for trade talks with the European Union in a speech in London on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-johnson-highlights/highlights-pm-johnson-says-uk-doesnt-need-eu-rules-for-a-post-brexit-trade-deal-idUSKBN1ZX1I6 | 2020-02-05 |
| From Brussels to China to Washington tariffs are being waved around | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out his negotiating terms for trade talks with the European Union in a speech in London on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-johnson/britains-johnson-warns-global-free-trade-is-being-choked-idUSKBN1ZX1EL | 2020-02-04 |
| But French fishermen wont accept that and they have pressuring Brussels via French President Emmanuel Macron to withhold the trade deal unless Britain lets EU trawlers fish its waters | Negative | BOULOGNESURMER France For the British government a successful Brexit means reasserting economic sovereignty and landing a trade deal with Europe | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-fisheries/the-french-fishermen-who-could-sink-britains-post-brexit-ambitions-idUSKBN1ZT1X1 | 2020-01-31 |
| A Union Jack in the building of the European Council in Brussels will be lowered at 7 p | Positive | LONDON The United Kingdom leaves the European Union on Friday for an uncertain Brexit future its most significant geopolitical move since the loss of empire and a blow to 70 years of efforts to forge European unity from the ruins of two world wars | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-union/brexit-day-united-kingdom-casts-off-from-the-european-union-idUSKBN1ZU003 | 2020-01-31 |
| Barnier said that while Brussels was willing to be flexible and pragmatic in trade talks Britains choices have made frictionless trade with the EU impossible | Positive | The European Union will never never compromise on the integrity of its single market its chief Brexit negotiator warned Britain on Monday saying London must now face reality after underestimating the costs of leaving | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-nireland-barnier/eu-tells-uk-it-will-never-never-never-compromise-on-single-market-idUSKBN1ZQ27C | 2020-01-28 |
| Negotiations between London and Brussels are expected to start in March | Positive | LONDON Britain will set out more details about its objectives for a free trade deal with the European Union next month after the country leaves the bloc on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-eu-trade-objectives/uk-will-set-out-eu-trade-objectives-next-month-brexit-secretary-idUSKBN1ZP0JW | 2020-01-27 |
| He said European finance ministers would discuss the matter at meetings in Brussels that were underway and would continue on Tuesday | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Commission will this year begin to assess the green transition of EU states as part of its monitoring of national budgets a top official said in a new sign of the blocs commitment to meet ambitious climate goals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-eurogroup-gentiloni/eu-to-add-vetting-of-climate-results-to-fiscal-monitoring-idUSKBN1ZJ1VB | 2020-01-21 |
| It is unclear how this new attention to the fiscal impact of climate policies could change the way Brussels puts pressure on states to correct their fiscal policies | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Commission will this year begin to assess the green transition of EU states as part of its monitoring of national budgets a top official said in a new sign of the blocs commitment to meet ambitious climate goals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-eurogroup-gentiloni/eu-to-add-vetting-of-climate-results-to-fiscal-monitoring-idUSKBN1ZJ1VB | 2020-01-21 |
| That could come as part of a review of EU fiscal rules that Brussels plans to unveil in February | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Commission will this year begin to assess the green transition of EU states as part of its monitoring of national budgets a top official said in a new sign of the blocs commitment to meet ambitious climate goals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-eurogroup-gentiloni/eu-to-add-vetting-of-climate-results-to-fiscal-monitoring-idUSKBN1ZJ1VB | 2020-01-21 |
| BRUSSELS Police detained 185 protesters in central Brussels on Saturday after the environmental protest group Extinction Rebellion staged demonstrations at a car show in protest at the auto industrys role in CO2 emissions that cause climate change | Negative | BRUSSELS Police detained 185 protesters in central Brussels on Saturday after the environmental protest group Extinction Rebellion staged demonstrations at a car show in protest at the auto industrys role in CO2 emissions that cause climate change | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-climate-change-autos-protests/police-detain-185-climate-protesters-at-brussels-car-show-idUSKBN1ZH0NN | 2020-01-19 |
| With a new European Commission in place antitrust authorities in Brussels are preparing for an indepth review of EU competition rules | Neutral | PARIS Facebooks billion buyout of WhatsApp six years ago should have been blocked the boss of Frances antitrust watchdog which is set to help review EU rules has told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-france-competition/lessons-to-be-learned-from-facebooks-whatsapp-deal-french-watchdog-says-idUSKBN1ZG15R | 2020-01-18 |
| She said that Brussels was wellplaced to move as fast as possible following her meeting with Johnson last week | Positive | DUBLIN It will ultimately be up to Britain whether or not it seeks more time to negotiate a trade agreement with the European Union after it leaves the bloc the head of the European Commission said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-britain-vonderleyen/brexit-extension-ultimately-up-to-britain-eus-von-der-leyen-idUSKBN1ZE2QY | 2020-01-16 |
| BEIJING Chinas Belt and Road Initiative an investment plan aiming to connect Europe with Asia is sidelining European companies and Brussels should review its competition law to level the playing field a business lobby said on Thursday | Positive | BEIJING Chinas Belt and Road Initiative an investment plan aiming to connect Europe with Asia is sidelining European companies and Brussels should review its competition law to level the playing field a business lobby said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-europe-silkroad/european-firms-get-crumbs-from-chinas-belt-and-road-business-group-idUSKBN1ZF08O | 2020-01-16 |
| STRASBOURG France The EU budget chief said the bloc needs to invest dedicated funds to avert a climate as Brussels detailed how it planned to pay for a trillion euro push to cut net C02 emissions to zero by 2050 and protect member countries dependent on coal | Positive | STRASBOURG France The EU budget chief said the bloc needs to invest dedicated funds to avert a climate as Brussels detailed how it planned to pay for a trillion euro push to cut net C02 emissions to zero by 2050 and protect member countries dependent on coal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-climate/eu-sets-out-trillion-euro-plan-to-avert-climate-crash-idUSKBN1ZD00H | 2020-01-15 |
| Also on Friday European foreign ministers gathered in Brussels to find ways to ease the precarious situation that has unfolded in the past week | Positive | Crash of Ukrainian plane complicates tense situation | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-cleric-fears-worse-bloodshed-in-iraq-as-u-s-iran-conflict-persists-idUSL8N29F30Y | 2020-01-11 |
| In Brussels EU foreign ministers joined by NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg were meeting on Friday to find ways to push the United States and Iran away from open conflict | Positive | Crash of Ukrainian plane complicates tense situation | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-cleric-fears-worse-bloodshed-in-iraq-as-u-s-iran-conflict-persists-idUSL8N29F30Y | 2020-01-11 |
| The blocs 28 ministers meet on Friday in Brussels to discuss the Iran crisis with a focus on easing tensions between Washington and Tehran | Negative | BRUSSELS Germanys foreign minister called on Tuesday for European powers to forge a joint response to Irans decision to scrap limits imposed on its nuclear enrichment under an arms control accord but stopped short of calling for renewed U.N. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-britain-eu/germany-urges-europe-to-respond-to-irans-nuclear-violations-idUSKBN1Z60ZI | 2020-01-08 |
| BRUSSELS NATO ambassadors will gather on Monday in Brussels for an urgent meeting convened by the head of the military alliance to discuss the situation in the Middle East after a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad killed a top Iranian general a NATO official said | Negative | BRUSSELS NATO ambassadors will gather on Monday in Brussels for an urgent meeting convened by the head of the military alliance to discuss the situation in the Middle East after a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad killed a top Iranian general a NATO official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-nato/nato-to-hold-urgent-meeting-on-monday-over-iraq-iran-crisis-idUSKBN1Z40T3 | 2020-01-06 |
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| Negotiators in Brussels are said to be trying to finalise details on fishing quotas which have proved an obstacle to an agreement during months of talks | Neutral | Negotiators in Brussels are said to be trying to finalise details on fishing quotas which have proved an obstacle to an agreement during months of talks | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55433410 | 2020-12-24 |
| As afternoon gave way to evening and evening gave way to night in Brussels optimism that agreement was close never dwindled but never quite turned into a deal either. | Positive | Negotiators in Brussels are said to be trying to finalise details on fishing quotas which have proved an obstacle to an agreement during months of talks | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55433410 | 2020-12-24 |
| In Brussels officials have been holding talks on finding a coordinated response from the EUs 27 members. | Neutral | More than 40 have blocked flights or travel links with the UK as the EU held talks on forming a common policy. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-55404087 | 2020-12-22 |
| European Union member states are due to meet in Brussels to discuss a coordinated response. | Positive | The move announced on Sunday means no lorries or ferry passengers will be able to sail from the port of Dover | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55391289 | 2020-12-21 |
| If Brussels does not change this law or put it on hold | Neutral | The companies voluntarily assist police across the UK and Europe but face being forced to stop the work | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55341799 | 2020-12-17 |
| This weekends deadline was set by Mr Johnson and Mrs von der Leyen following a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday after months of talks failed to achieve an agreement. | Neutral | Both sides have warned they are unlikely to reach an agreement. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55290109 | 2020-12-13 |
| Brexit isnt on the official discussion agenda at an EU summit starting in Brussels later today though leaders will be briefed on the negotiations | Neutral | A No 10 spokesperson said very large gaps remain but talks will continue with a firm decision by Sunday on whether a deal can be reached. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55249561 | 2020-12-10 |
| But he said questions about finances and transparency of NGOs registered in Brussels were for Belgian authorities to answer | Negative | The man whose identity was stolen was regarded as one of the founding fathers of international human rights law who died aged 92 in 2006. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-55232432 | 2020-12-10 |
| Brussels wants EU fishermen to have ongoing access to UK waters and the two sides have been discussing a transition period where access could be reduced over time | Positive | The UKs chief Brexit negotiator Lord Frost will continue talks with his EU counterpart Michel Barnier. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55208218 | 2020-12-07 |
| And on Thursday EU leaders will meet in Brussels for a twoday summit where they could sign off a deal if the two sides can reach an agreement by then. | Positive | The UKs chief Brexit negotiator Lord Frost will continue talks with his EU counterpart Michel Barnier. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55208218 | 2020-12-07 |
| UK chief Brexit negotiator Lord Frost will meet EU counterpart Michel Barnier in Brussels to try to bridge the two sides significant differences. | Negative | UK chief Brexit negotiator Lord Frost will meet EU counterpart Michel Barnier in Brussels to try to bridge the two sides significant differences. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55204371 | 2020-12-06 |
| Sources suggested Brussels had hardened its stance on how common rules and regulations should be enforced with time running out. | Negative | Sources suggested Brussels had hardened its stance on how common rules and regulations should be enforced with time running out. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55182450 | 2020-12-04 |
| Ambassadors of the 27 member states meeting in Brussels were unable to endorse the budget because the two countries vetoed it. | Negative | The package includes for a Covid recovery fund. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-54964858 | 2020-11-17 |
| Germany and France said a framework had now been sketched during a summit in Brussels that has seen testy exchanges. | Neutral | EU talks aimed at reaching an agreement on a huge postcoronavirus recovery fund have stretched into a fourth day but there are signs of progress. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53468554 | 2020-07-21 |
| EU leaders first met on Friday in Brussels to discuss the blocs trillion sevenyear budget and the planned stimulus package to help countries recover the pandemic. | Positive | EU leaders have gathered for a third day of discussions over a massive postcoronavirus economic recovery plan. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53461738 | 2020-07-19 |
| When the leaders of the EU27 gather in Brussels on Friday be prepared for the shock of the familiar | Negative | When the leaders of the EU27 gather in Brussels on Friday be prepared for the shock of the familiar | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53415783 | 2020-07-16 |
| Ministers were not briefed by our mission in Brussels about the scheme and a political decision was not taken on whether or not to participate | Negative | The government is facing fresh questions over the time it took to join an EU scheme to source medical equipment. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-52377087 | 2020-04-22 |
| But Brussels sources have told the BBC the UK was given ample opportunity to take part in the scheme | Positive | The government is facing fresh questions over the time it took to join an EU scheme to source medical equipment. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-52377087 | 2020-04-22 |
| During his time in Europe Zuckerberg is expected to meet politicians in Munich and Brussels to discuss data practices regulation and tax reform. | Positive | Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has called for more regulation of harmful online content saying it was not for companies like his to decide what counts as legitimate free speech. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51518773 | 2020-02-16 |
| The news came a day after a meeting of aid agencies and major donors in Brussels on Thursday said the situation in Yemen had reached a breaking point. | Positive | Yemens Houthi rebels have dropped a threat to tax international assistance sent to the wartorn country. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51502992 | 2020-02-15 |
| In Brussels the UK flag will be removed from the EU institutions with one Union flag expected to be consigned to a museum. | Neutral | Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hail the dawn of a new era later as the UK prepares to leave the European Union after 47 years. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51315772 | 2020-01-31 |
| The 751 representatives will debate the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement in Brussels before it is widely expected giving their backing to the UKEU treaty. | Positive | The European Parliament is set to approve the terms of the UKs departure from the European Union in an historic vote on Wednesday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51287430 | 2020-01-29 |
