President of the European Council

European Council President Donald Tusk is planning to tell EU leaders to scrap the refugee quota scheme that foresees member states taking in a certain number of migrants, the Guardian reported on Monday.

European Council President Donald Tusk proposed a meeting of EU Heads of State and Government and the Western Balkans on 17 May next year in Sofia. This is part of a list of proposals for the work program of the European Council by mid-2019.

BRUSSELS - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in Brussels on Friday he had "heard a very strong commitment" from European Council President Donald Tusk that Serbia would become an EU member state once it fulfilled its obligations.

BRUSSELS - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will meet with European Council President Donald Tusk in Brussels on Friday, with Serbia's European integration, the situation in the region, as well as the possibility of accelerating Serbia's EU accession talks, expected to be discussed.

EU Council President Donald Tusk stressed on Monday that Serbia can count on full EU membership "after the end of the dialogue with Pristina."

At a joint press conference after his meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Brussels on Friday, Tusk said that the EU "counts on Serbia, as Serbia can count on the EU."

European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker have extended congratulations to Serbia's new PM, Ana Brnabic.

The joint letter came on the occasion of her appointment, and the formation of the new government.

The European Union and Japan will hold a summit on July 6 in hopes of sealing broad agreement on a massive trade deal after four years of tough negotiations.

The landmark deal would mark a big victory for free trade just days before a G-20 summit in Germany in which U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to defend his "America First" protectionist stance.

Turkey and the European Union will hold a political dialogue meeting on June 13 in Brussels "to take stock of where both sides are in their relationship," an EU official has told the Hürriyet Daily News.

Turkey and the European Union will hold a political dialogue meeting on June 13 in Brussels "to take stock of where both sides are in their relationship," an EU official has told the Hürriyet Daily News.

Asmiling Donald Trump offered European Union chiefs assurances on security in Brussels on May 25 but EU officials did not conceal lingering differences with the U.S. president over Russia, trade and climate change.