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If the extreme violence continues in the yellow vest protests, bans on demonstrating will be passed for certain areas, French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe announced on Monday. On Saturday the yellow vest rally in Paris once again ended in riots in certain areas. For commentators the confrontation between protests and politics has entered a decisive phase.

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis is considering holding a referendum on the government's controversial justice system policy. He had "almost resolved" to take this step, he announced on Tuesday. The country's constitutional court last week gave the green light for the referendum to be held on the same day as the European elections. Romania's press examines the opportunities and risks of such a move.

The transatlantic economy of the US and the EU has been increasingly stressed by potential tariffs on imports and changes in global stability, according to a new report by the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU, released on Wednesday...

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker told Germany's Deutschlandfunk radio on Wednesday that any decision on a UK extension to leaving the EU may be delayed until next week. "My impression is…that this week at the European council there will be no decision, but that we will probably have to meet again next week," he said. EU leaders are meeting in Brussels for a summit on Thursday to discuss Brexit.

The leader of the centre-right Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) has asked the European People’s Party chief and EPP members to cancel a vote today to expel Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz from the centre-right family, saying the EPP could otherwise risk a split just before the European elections.

Several Italian MEPs have voiced concern and criticism after a lawmaker from Matteo Salvini’s ruling Lega party hinted at the possibility of removing an EU civil servant from his duties, after having had an argument with him on Twitter.

At this week's summit, EU leaders should extend Article 50 until the May European elections. But they should postpone the effective date of the UK's withdrawal from EU rights, rules, and regulations for another year - to May 2020.

Europe is about democracy. We cherish democracy in our national institutions by ensuring a healthy separation of powers, by fighting for free and fair elections, and by combining the rule of the majority with the protection of the minority, write Louis Drounau and Andrew Duff.

France spearheaded the European Project with its proposal for a European Coal and Steel Community in 1950, and its centrality to the project remains undiminished, with the French playing a key role in the creation of the eurozone in 1999.

EU ambassadors endorsed the provisional agreement reached by the presidency and the European Parliament on 6 March on a n easier access to financial markets for SMEs.

Fifteenth meeting of the Stabilisation and Association Council between the Republic of North Macedonia and the European Union was held in Brussels on 19 March 2019.

The Council agreed its position on establishing the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA III) for the period 2021–2027.

Entry into office of new Members at the Court of Justice and at the General Court of the European Union