1. Join EU Democracy 5. EU 1. FOCUS ON … 2. EU Presidency 3. Nordic News 4. EU 1. Join EU Croatia's EU presidency optimism beset by problems s Party (EPP) (Photo: Council of the European Union The EU's newest member, Croatia, is taking over presidency at a "delicate period" for the EU, the country's centre-right prime minister Join EU However, Croatia is taking over the EU presidency at a time when the EU procedure on the long-term post-Brexit EU budget future relations between the UK and the EU will be led by the EU Commission kicked off after the UK leaves the EU on 31 January, the EU should not Meanwhile, EU enlargement depends on French president Emmanuel Macron country to become a member of the EU in 2013, plans to hold an EU October, France blocked a start date for EU membership talks for North Macedonia, and other EU countries sided with Paris not to open aspiring countries to get closer to the EU, and wants to have regular "systematic" meetings between EU leaders and the leaders of the region s concern as "conceptual question", while other EU countries had concrete policy issues when they The long-term EU budget talks are spearheaded by EU Council between member states that argue for capping EU spending at 1.0 percent GNI of the EU, and those who want to spend more maintaining the EU subsidies at current levels rolled out by the commission before the EU presidency can start steering the negotiations among EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen wants been in a deadlock over the internal EU distribution of asylum seekers in months and years to come" the EU has to figure out what level of 1. EU commission backs Croatia's Schengen bid 2 Juncker warns Croat PM he could wreck EU enlargement 3. Croatia PM struggles to tame EU commission backs Croatia's Schengen bid Croatia is eligible to join the EU's free-travel area, the Schengen zone Juncker warns Croat PM he could wreck EU enlargement Plenkovic that Slovenia border dispute could wreck EU aspirations of Balkan neighbours the ... arbitration award," Slovenian official said at EU congress in Bled told EUobserver The EU Commission will unveil the financial backbone for hear from the Jordanian king and the EU's foreign affairs chief The EU Commission is pushing a wave of controversial Republic of Croatia, who currently chairs the EU presidency Jan, 07:08 Erdoğan: Turkey 'committed to EU membership' 7. 14. Jan, 07:08 German life sentence 8. 14. Jan, 07:08 EU to impose sweeping sanctions on Mali central and eastern Europeans at top of EU representation", will lead to frustration and impact EU governance EU adds new 'dark red' zone to travel non-essential travel within and to the European Union - amid fears over more transmissible mutations triggering Jan, 07:19 MEPs seek probe into EU commissioner over Bosnia 2. 14. Jan, 07 07 EU's Borrell contradicts Germany on Russia gas It's time for a more geopolitical EU-Turkey cooperation 4. 14. Jan, 07:06 EU gas and nuclear rules derided as 'biggest across Europe 8. 13. Jan, 07:17 EU agency warns ETS emission-cuts are off Join EU Support quality EU news