Europe

The U.K. has spent six months debating where it wants to go. But now, with just three months until Prime Minister Theresa May intends to formally start the Brexit process, it is grappling with a new question: How to get there?

Poland’s president met with opposition politicians in an effort to defuse a burgeoning political crisis that has sparked three days of antigovernment protests in the EU’s largest former communist country.

Russia is exerting an outsize influence on events in Europe, the U.S. and the Middle East in ways it hasn’t for decades, Stephen Fidler writes, despite it being by most economic and demographic measures a country in decline.

The U.S. Army began moving tanks into a Cold War-era storage facility in the Netherlands, part of an effort to return heavy weaponry to Europe in the face of Russia’s military buildup.

Greece refused to back down in its rapidly escalating conflict with creditors, as lawmakers passed measures to loosen the purse strings in a move that has angered Germany.

European Union leaders agreed Thursday that the bloc’s new agreement with Ukraine won't set the country on track to join the EU, yielding to a demand by the Dutch.

European leaders are set to move forward with plans aimed at stepping up military spending, which officials said is partly a response to pressure by the incoming Trump administration to shoulder more responsibility for the continent’s defense.

European Union leaders held a brief meeting Thursday without U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May to agree on the division of labor between EU institutions as they choreograph the coming Brexit negotiations.

European Union leaders demanded an immediate cease-fire around Aleppo and the establishment of a humanitarian corridor but took no fresh action to pressure the Assad regime or its Russian backers over the crisis in Syria.

Russian hackers tried to penetrate the computer networks of the Republican National Committee, using the same techniques that allowed them to infiltrate its Democratic counterpart, according to U.S. officials who have been briefed on the attempted intrusion.

The European Central Bank warned that eurozone banks face new risks from political uncertainty in Europe, notably the fallout from Britain’s Brexit vote, as it ordered lenders to maintain their capital levels next year.

Germany flew 34 rejected Afghan asylum applicants to Kabul despite protests from human-rights groups, a signal of a harder line by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government as it scrambles to address public discontent over migration with an election year looming.

The Bank of England held its benchmark interest rate steady, saying the outlook for the global economy has darkened amid renewed strains in emerging markets from rising interest rates and a strengthening dollar.

The recapture of Aleppo by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces presents a stark example of Washington’s pullback in the Middle East at a time when Russia and its partners have stepped in to drive events, said U.S., European and Arab officials.

Greece’s European creditors suspended proposed debt-relief measures after the Greek government surprised them by announcing it would boost welfare benefits for low-income pensioners, a sign of escalating tensions over the country’s bailout.

To hear the BOE warn of risks of a sudden stop in funding for Europe is music to the ears of London bankers as well as Brexiters, who see it as confirmation that the U.K. has significant leverage over the EU in its exit negotiations, Simon Nixon writes.

It’s official. Brexit means “the (proposed) withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, and the political process associated with it.” So says the Oxford English Dictionary, the self-described record of the English language, which included the word in its latest update.

The European Union is prepared for more deal-oriented ties with the U.S. once Donald Trump takes office, the bloc’s chief diplomat said, adding that approach won’t prevent cooperation on issues including the Iranian nuclear deal.

The new government of Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni won a second and final confidence vote in the Italian parliament, but by a thin margin that reflects the difficulties the cabinet might face in future votes.