In a BBC interview, Herman Van Rompuy said there was now "much more sympathy" for European regions seeking EU membership. Mr Van Rompuy said the process of joining the EU was "complicated".

Today, the Council appointed Preben Aamann as the new Director-General for Communication and Information (COMM).

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte seems to have been tempted, albeit briefly, by this notion of the poet-politician or the politician-poet. While his speech at the Concert Noble in Brussels last ...