Leave campaigner Boris Johnson ruled himself out of the Conservative leadership race, saying he lacked the skills to handle the challenges a future Tory prime minister will face.

Brexit means Brexit.

Jean-Claude Juncker has dismissed calls for his resignation over Brexit, saying: “Frankly, I don’t care."

EU leaders have discussed how to reform the union in the wake of Brexit, but the main faultlines will only be exposed in Bratislava in September. Treaty change remains taboo, for now.

The EU decided at a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday (28 June) to wait before starting the legal process for Brexit, but they insisted there was no alternative to Brexit.

Rutte said changing the text or not ratifying it at all were two options after Dutch people voted against it in a referendum. Treaty would likely survive in another form.

They said leaders must create a "union of trust”, with limited powers for EU institutions and more for national MPs.

The first-ever meeting of EU leaders without a British PM will on Wednesday discuss how to regain public trust. But concrete ideas on the migration crisis and EU economy are few and far between.

The EU should have a new treaty that shifts power from the European Commission to EU states and Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk should resign, Poland has indicated ahead of the summit.

US secretary of state John Kerry in Brussels on Monday said that EU states should not take a "scatterbrained or vengeful approach" to future UK relations.

The 1922 committee, an influential group of Conservatives MPs, has recommended that nominations for the party leadership should open on Wednesday and close on Thursday at noon.

The British people have decided to leave the European Union. As it defines the next chapter in its relationship with the EU, I know that the United Kingdom's position in NATO will remain unchanged.

Center-right PP of prime minister Rajoy and center-left PSOE came out first in Sunday's general election but failed to win majority. Anti-austerity Podemos lost 1 million votes.

EU leaders say there is a "very significant crisis" in the UK. At a summit on Tuesday, they will not press the British prime minister to trigger the procedure to leave the EU.

Merkel has invited Hollande, Renzi and Tusk for a meeting in Berlin on Monday to prepare for Tuesday's EU summit about the UK vote to leave the EU.

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the powerful leader of the ruling Law and Justice party in Poland told that the "conclusion" to be drawn from Brexit "is clear, there needs to be a new European treaty".

British PM David Cameron has promised to step down in October after losing the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU.

The news became clear just after 4.30AM Brussels time, but it had been shaping up that way for hours: British voters have chosen to leave the EU.

Rival sides in Britain’s referendum on European Union membership clashed in a passionate debate to the roars of an audience of six thousand in a London concert arena yesterday (21 June)..

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen called Tuesday (21 June) on all European Union members to follow Britain’s example in holding a referendum on remaining in the bloc.

France, Sweden and the UK have delayed EU formalities on extending Russia sanctions but agreed to the decision in principle.

Britain’s referendum on European Union membership could go either way, polls indicated today (21 June), two days from a vote that could determine the political and economic fate of Europe.

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg marked the launch of NATO's anti-submarine warfare exercise "Dynamic Mongoose" in a visit to Trondheim, Norway on Monday (20 June 2016).

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was trounced by the anti-establishment Five Star Movement in local elections in Rome and Turin on 19 June, clouding his chances of winning a do-or-die referendum in October.

Defence Ministers agreed on 15 June 2016 to boost NATO’s support for Ukraine with a Comprehensive Package of Assistance. The Package aims to help Ukraine strengthen its defences by building stronger security structures.

NATO Defence Ministers agreed on Wednesday (15 June 2016) to do more to project stability beyond the Alliance’s borders.

The EU referendum campaign was suspended Thursday afternoon (16 June) after an MP, who later died of her wounds, was shot and stabbed in the street.

The governement led by non-partisan PM Tihomir Oreskovic fell on Thursday after parliament adopted a no-confidence motion with 125 votes against 15 and two abstentions.

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A Brexit fishing flotilla sailed up the River Thames 15 June ahead of next week’s knife-edge referendum over EU membership as Germany warned a British departure could start Europe’s “disintegration”.

NATO agreed 15 June to hold onto its broad geographic layout of bases in Afghanistan, a move that could make it easier for the United States to keep more troops there as Kabul struggles with a resurgent Taliban threat.

Turkish citizens will not get visa-free travel to the EU by the end of June, and the commission now admits it cannot give a date for completion of the deal.

Fears on corruption and organised crime are holding back Ukrainian people’s free access to Europe, according to initial EU talks on visas.

Two groups of jihadists have left Syria to commit attacks in Belgium and France, according to an internal police memo leaked to Belgian media.

Reverting to his free-wheeling attack-dog style, Donald Trump on Tuesday evening accused the president of directing more anger at him than the man who slaughtered dozens in Orlando.

The Leave campaign has presented a Brexit roadmap with actions that would settle the divorce.

German 10-year bond yields have fallen below zero for the time in history as Brexit fears send investors scurrying into safe-havens, and Europe slides deeper into the psychological trap of deflation.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg briefed media on the agenda of this week’s meetings of NATO Defence Ministers.

The Leave campaign has moved into the lead in the referendum campaign with just over a week to go.

Ten days before the EU referendum in the UK, leaders of the European Council and Commission have suggested Brexit would destroy Western political civilisation.

NATO chief Stoltenberg said no one had talked about a military presence of this kind before Russia attacked Ukraine.

EU Council chief Donald Tusk warned that renegotiating the relationship between the UK and the EU could take up to seven years, in case Britons vote to leave the bloc in the 23 June referendum.

Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva attended a meeting of the secretive Bilderberg group in Dresden 9 June, where, former Commission President Josй Manuel Barroso promoted her as the next UN Secretary-General.

Islamic State claimed responsibility 12 June for the worst mass shooting in US history, but US officials said they had seen no immediate evidence linking the militant group to the massacre in Orlando, Florida.

Five EU states have urged the bloc to grant visa-free travel to Georgia at the earliest opportunity for the sake of EU “credibility”.

Russia is building an army base near its border with Ukraine, the latest in a chain of new military sites along what the Kremlin sees as its frontline in a growing confrontation with NATO.

The EU is intellectually lazy and victim of "Pavlovian reflexes" that "makes us say we want a European solution", said Hungarian PM Orban.

Germany, supported by France and Italy, said No to the move at an EU ambassadors’ meeting in Brussels on(8 June.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili to NATO Headquarters 8 June 2016 for talks on the Alliance’s partnership with Georgia and ongoing reform efforts.

Merkel dismissed as “incomprehensible” accusations levied by Turkey against German lawmakers of Turkish origin after Germany’s parliament passed a resolution declaring the 1915 massacre of Armenians as genocide.

Croatia's deputy prime minister Tomislav Karamarko has filed a no-confidence motion against the prime minister, pushing the coalition government a step closer to collapse.

Obama will visit Poland and Spain in July, in what will likely be his final presidential trip to Europe, a continent that has often presented more problems than opportunities during his term.

The Security Service of Ukraine said on Monday (6 June) that a French citizen detained in late May on the border with Poland had been planning attacks in France to coincide with the Euro 2016 soccer championship.

Commission says Turkey has ratified a readmission pact linked to its EU visa-free bid. Turkey told EUobserver it hasn't, as talks become increasingly tense.

Two new polls released this morning give a lead to the Leave campaign.

Romania’s leftist Social Democrats won the most votes in countrywide local elections 5 June, according to an exit poll, putting them in a strong position before a parliamentary election later this year.

The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement looks set to take charge of Rome following municipal elections on 5 June that saw it make gains in other Italian cities and pile pressure on Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

Investigators into the MH17 disaster in Ukraine in 2014 on Friday complained that Russia is withholding information on Buk missiles, the type of projectile believed to have shot down the plane.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with French President Franзois Hollande in Paris on Friday (3 June 2016) to discuss current security challenges and the Alliance’s agenda for the Warsaw Summit in July.

Greek appeals committee this week ruled Turkey is not safe enough to return Syrian refugees, casting further doubt on the EU's migrant swap deal with Ankara.

Poland downplayed the EU’s unprecedented warning on 2 June to the country’s right-wing government to respect the rule of law, or face punitive measures.

Turkey reacted with fury on Thursday (2 June) after the Bundestag labelled the World War I massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide, threatening further measures.

A plan to process migrants in boats in the Mediterranean Sea in so-called floating hotspots will face big legal hurdles.

EU leaders have not planned for a British exit from the EU after the 23 June referendum, the president of the Eurogroup said.

EU states held off agreeing to ease travel rules for Georgia. Turkey, Ukraine and Kosovo should also expect more delays in visa liberalisation, as the bloc turns more cautious amid immigration fears.

Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine yesterday (1 June) accused government soldiers of launching a new offensive near a prized but obliterated airport in the separatists’ de facto capital of Donetsk.

If German MPs vote to formally recognise a 1915 massacre of Armenians as genocide, the country's relations with Turkey will be damaged, Turkish president Erdogan has warned.

Denmark and Sweden on 1 June extended their border controls until November to curb the tide of migrants into their nations, saying the European Union still lacked security at its external borders.

More integration is not the answer to the current crises faced by Europe, EU Council president Donald Tusk has warned.

Stoltenberg said the new NATO force is designed "not to provoke, but to prevent conflict."

Socialist Istvan Ujhelyi said in a statement: "A responsible leader who wants to see the European project prevail simply cannot be proud to be in the same party as an illiberal despot."

On June 24, Brussels woke up to two shocks.

More than 50 State Department diplomats have signed an internal memo sharply critical of the Obama administration’s policy in Syria.

American-armed rebels are in deep trouble in the city of Aleppo. Washington’s response: Escalate the fight—between the U.S. military and intelligence communities.

Six weeks before a critical summit meeting aimed at bolstering NATO’s deterrence against a resurgent Russia, the alliance is facing a long list of challenges.

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France and Germany reported to have drawn up 'superstate plan'.

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NATO Defence Ministers agreed on important measures to strengthen the Alliance’s defence and deterrence on Tuesday (14 June 2016).

Tthe process of integration has stalled as a result of a combination of factors, including growing ambivalence within NATO, opposition from Russia, and challenges related to transition in the aspirant nations.

NATO has begun three military exercises - Anaconda-16, Baltops and Iron Wolf 2016 - designed to show it is ready to defend its eastern allies from Russia.

Germany’s parliament on Thursday voted to recognise the 1915 massacre of 1.5m Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide, to the undisguised fury of the Turkish government, which swiftly recalled its ambassador.

Donald Tusk has warned EU leaders in the bluntest terms that their “utopian” illusions are tearing Europe apart, and that any attempt to seize on Brexit to force through yet more integration would be a grave mistake.