Jean Claude Juncker

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker appointed on Friday Dutch economist Maarten Verwey to act as the EU Coordinator of the refugee crisis in Greece, according to a Commission press release. The EU will provide Greece at short notice with the...

The European Union and Turkey have formally reached an accord to curb the unprecedented influx of migrants into Europe. Speaking to reporters after talks in Brussels on Friday, European Council President Donald Tusk and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called...

"For Turkey, the refugee issue is not a matter of negotiation, but an issue of values, both human and European values," Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Friday said upon his arrival at a meeting with European Council President...

The European Union member states agreed late on Thursday in Brussels on a draft agreement on migration to be discussed with Turkey on Friday. A dinner at the end of the first day concluded without a press conference. The EU-Turkey...

On the eve of a critical summit between EU and Turkey, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said he cannot see Turkey becoming a member of the European Union even ten years from now. Mr. Juncker made the comments during...

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg presented the three parts of the organization’s operation in the Aegean on Thursday, during a press conference in Brussels ahead of his meeting with European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker. The first part is the enlargement of...

The final solution to the refugee and migrant crisis facing Europe lies in Turkey and cooperation between the EU and the neighboring country is crucial in resolving the issue, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday after a...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to start on Thursday a series of bilateral meetings with European Union state leaders on the refugee crisis on the sidelines of the summit in Brussels. European leaders were to discuss the refugee issue...

"It would be neither legally nor politically acceptable to work with third countries in order to close the border in one of our member states," European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said. Speaking to German newspaper Bild, the EC chief referred...

Speaking in front of the European Parliament today in preparation of the European Council Meeting of February 18 and 19 2016, Jean-Claude Juncker said it is not the European Commission’s intent to “isolate” Greece because of deficiencies in the...