Marianne Gros

BRUSSELS — When cocoa farmer Leticia Yankey came to Brussels last October, she had a simple message for the EU: Think about the mess your simplification agenda is creating for companies and communities. It was just weeks after the European Commission said... See more

The European Union is “the main obstacle to peace” in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Sunday ahead of a fresh round of peace talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump. In an interview wit... See more

Numerous countries including Jordan, Qatar and Algeria, as well as the African Union, have rejected Israel’s decision to recognize Somaliland, a breakaway region in Somalia. Israel on Friday became the first country to recognize Somaliland since the terri... See more

BRUSSELS — Soda bottles labeled as “made with recycled plastic” could soon have more virgin plastic than you might think, thanks to the European Commission’s new pitch on how to measure the amount of recycled material present in products sold on the EU ma... See more

BRUSSELS — More than 80 percent of Europe’s companies will be freed from environmental reporting obligations after EU institutions reached a deal on a proposal to cut green rules Monday. The deal is a major legislative victory for European Commission Pres... See more