European Council president says UK must decide between good deal, bad deal and ‘no Brexit’

There was confusion after last week’s summit about whether sufficient progress had been made

Leo Varadkar suggests UK stance is gradually moving closer to EU’s position

Member state leaders also found time to discuss migration, tax, Turkey and Iran

Ahead of this summit, Donald Tusk toured EU capitals to sound out a ‘leaders’ agenda’

‘If UK is leaving the EU, it is incumbent on them to put forward detailed proposals’

Commissioner Phil Hogan says EU summit will show 27 member states never more united

Success of Freedom Party in Austria’s election shows populism far from a spent force

‘We are now so close to the cliff edge of a hard Brexit ... we can see the drop’ - Ireland’s EU Commissioner

Simon Coveney welcomes ‘very strong language on Ireland’ in EU summit documents

Council of Europe report finds target of 40% participation hit by only Sweden and Finland

Foreign ministers pledge to lobby US Congress over Trump move to repudiate deal

EU also notes UK’s lack of ‘concrete commitment’ on divorce bill

EU foreign policy boss says the US president ‘has many powers, but not this one’

Irish minister concerned EU is vulnerable to massive influx of beef from Mercosur countries

Latest round of talks end with no sign of progress hoped for after May’s Florence speech

Frustration of EU negotiator could be eased if EU leaders give him enlarged mandate

Barnier says sides are deadlocked over how much Britain should pay when it leaves

Lack of progress in Brexit talks turns press briefings into a farce

Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland is in effect an arm of State, top European court finds

EU trade deals being negotiated may lead to glut of beef in European markets

Analysis: UK is the biggest importer of Irish agri-food, representing 47% of Irish exports

Irish official expresses regret at failure of governments to address issue of voting rights

Europe Letter: EU will offer Spanish region no favours if it carries through on threat

It estimates fraud costs it €50bn a year

‘Northern Ireland Brexit solution will be part of the UK solution,’ insists Dodds

Commission refuses to condemn Spanish government or police for violent scenes

Ireland is seeking to host European Medical Agency and European Banking Authority

Taoiseach defends Ireland’s low tax stance amid calls for harmonisation of tax rates

Digital summit in Estonia full of futuristic promises but also potential stumbling blocks

Tallinn’s DigitExpo treats heads of EU governments to display of artificial intelligence

Taoiseach: solution is not more taxes and regulation, it’s actually the opposite

Parties begin drafting common principles needed to underpin Common Travel Area

Europe Letter: Tallinn digital summit to be attended by all but one of EU’s heads of state

Angela Merkel’s weakened parliamentary mandate seriously undercuts the possibility of support for the French president’s proposals

EU chief negotiator responds to David Davis’s comments about ‘regulatory divergence’

Andrzej Duda has said he wants greater control over judicial appointments

Officials say Irish Government, seeking support for relocation, have neglected them

Cautious welcome from EU, but will it mean ‘sufficient progress’ has been made in talks?

Commission paper set outs roadmap for reforming how digital firms should be taxed

Europe Letter: Warlords and militia play dark role in curbing flight of refugees

Department of Justice defends accommodation but promises it will be reviewed

Beefed-up EU Cybersecurity Agency will share threat knowledge to prevent cyber attacks

Dublin one of 19 cities vying for EU’s medicines regulatory agency

The proposals plan to tax giant digital companies on turnover rather than profits

The EU’s game plan has been laid out but what about the Brexit-shaped elephant in the room?

Minister for Justice says UK must clarify position on security co-operation post-Brexit

Europe Letter: Moscow’s disinformation campaign covers the seedy and the political

European Commission president calls Brexit ‘tragic’ in brief mention in state of union speech

Multiple programmes – the fruit of the Belfast Agreement – are threatened by Brexit

EU sets out position on Border, criticising UK negotiating stance

Any Irish Border solution must respect integrity of EU’s legal order and single market

European Commission to publish its long-awaited Brexit paper on Ireland

Europe Letter: Pair have rejected refugees and threatened the rule of law

Decision underpins principle of burden sharing after Greek and Italian crises

Lawyers for the families welcome verdict but say ‘unfortunately a lot of questions remain’

Any decision to suspend stalled talks a matter for heads of government, European Commission says

Republic in ‘uniquely vulnerable position’, Minister tells chief negotiator

Progress is slow in talks about 3.5m EU nationals in the UK and 1.2m Britons in the EU

British side guarantees free movement of all EU citizens between Ireland and Britain

London says €100bn divorce bill is unjustified. Brussels is growing impatient

Europe Letter: You don’t have to love the EU to see that it plays a vital role

UK team repeats wish to move beyond talks on divorce terms to those on future relationship

European Commission chief says ‘huge number of questions’ remain to be settled

Commission says trade issues will be dealt with in second phase of Brexit talks

Tory Brexiteers won’t be happy with the notion of policing migrants after they enter the UK

UK sets out position on Border in key document ahead of Brexit

Proposal for transition period to avoid Brexit cliff-face and deal with Irish Border issue

EU negotiator concerned at slow progress as October milestone approaches

European Commission rejects Brian Cowen’s criticism that it made ‘inappropriate’ decisions

Calculating the UK’s ‘share’ of the EIB is likely to prove difficult and contentious

Poland may get formal warning for ‘serious and persistent breaches’ of EU values

Six-a-side Irish talks opened on Tuesday under watchful eye of Irish Embassy

Michel Barnier says Britain needs to clarify position on key issues such as bill for leaving

Europe Letter: Paschal Donohoe take note - Irish tax regime once again in the firing line

Brexit talks making progress on travel rules but split on citizens’ rights and divorce bill

EU negotiator reportedly issues warning over estimated €65 billion settlement

New sweeping powers to hire and fire judges have prompted concerns across EU

Border among three priorities discussed at first of week-long Brussels talks

Simon Coveney says Ireland sympathises with Italian concerns about refugees

Ireland’s EU Commissioner for Agriculture honoured by Austria

EU and UK Brexit negotiators will also gather in Brussels for the first formal week of talks

McCoy says Britain is heading towards economically calamitous Brexit divorce

Europe Letter: EU expectations will colour Paschal Donohoe’s summer statement

Michel Barnier reacts to Boris Johnson jibe, saying ‘no whistling, just a clock ticking’

Minister for Finance tries to persuade MEPs that Ireland now one of the ‘good guys’

Ecofin meeting in Brussels considering action plan of European Council committee

Report broadly endorses economic strategy but urges fiscal caution

Letter is key show of political unity and purpose on Brexit from across parliament

Brussels eyes openings for agriculture while Tokyo looks to boost car exports

Europe Letter: Prime minister’s apparent phobia promises bonfire of the courts

Survey on global tax avoidance calls for new measures

Europe’s Future: The bloc's current crisis will not be fixed by adjusting voting procedures

Agency is considered to be one of world’s most sophisticated antitrust enforcers

A new Irish Times series explores the EU’s future and the pressures it still faces

Europe Letter: Income disparity has bad effects and must be tackled, warns ECB chief

Key differences remain, however, which will form the basis of difficult Brexit discussions

It’s simply business as usual for a strangely unobsessed European Commission

European Council president Donald Tusk says ‘Brexit took up very little time’

EU flag to fly over range of military projects from peacekeeping to weapons research