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Jon Stone

Europe Correspondent

Jon Stone is The Independent’s Europe Correspondent, based in Brussels and with a roving brief across the continent. He covers the EU institutions, Brexit and the politics of other European countries. Before being posted in Brussels in 2017 he was based in Westminster, where he covered British politics. He has worked at The Independent since 2014.

Spanish prime Pedro Sanchez heading for re-election, polls show

The socialist leader would be able to govern with support of left-wing parties

EU says it has completed its no-deal Brexit preparations

‘Preparedness and contingency’ work now finished

Turkish jets 'buzz' Greek PM's helicopter on independence day

Brexit is ruining Britain’s reputation in Europe

Brexit delay deal means ‘anything is possible’, says Donald Tusk

Norway-style Brexit may not be right for UK, says Icelandic PM

EU leaders decide Brexit fate in private as May secures deal extension

UK heading for no-deal Brexit if MPs reject deal, says Macron

Jeremy Corbyn refuses to rule out revoking Article 50

Viktor Orban's party suspended from main EU conservative group

Brexit extension 'conditional on MPs voting for deal' says EU's Tusk

Brussels opposes Theresa May request for June Brexit delay

France and Germany warn that they could block Brexit delay

Theresa May must have ‘clear and precise’ reason for extension

Utrecht waits for answers after deadly tram shooting

Armed police to work through the night as gunman’s motives remain unclear

Jon Stone Is Matteo Salvini going to veto a Brexit extension?

French EU minister names cat 'Brexit' because of its indecisive nature

Jon Stone Brexit: Will EU leaders give Theresa May an extension of Article 50?

EU says UK no-deal Brexit tariff plan is ‘illegal’

European parliament president criticised for praising Mussolini

EU parliament fails to back trade talks with US over Trump policies

EU open to a 'long' Brexit delay, Donald Tusk says

Czech prime minister tells Theresa May to hold second EU referendum

Barnier questions Brexit delay: 'Why extend talks when they are over?'

EU washes hands of Brexit deal: ‘We have done all that is possible’

Rail tunnel linking Finland and Estonia under the Baltic gets funding

EU says Britain can leave backstop but Northern Ireland must stay

Theresa May should be offering Brexit concessions to EU, says Irish PM

Independent Minds

Why might the UK have to take part in European elections this May?

Jon Stone

Backstop not rewritten or 'undermined' by new agreement, says Irish PM

Jeremy Corbyn must support Theresa May's Brexit, EU's Weber says

Belgium tells companies to halt exports to UK after Brexit

EU parliament to vote on scrapping daylight savings time this month

Karen Bradley must resign over killing comments, say Irish politicians

EU negotiators give UK 48-hour deadline to fix Irish backstop

Huge queues for Eurostar passengers after no-deal border checks trial

Brexit negotiations going badly as EU warns 'no solution' in sight

EU centre-right group to debate kicking out Viktor Orban's party

Britain is 'retreating into nationalism' with Brexit, Macron says

UK government doesn't understand how EU works, says Ivan Rogers

EU rejects plan for side-agreement to protect EU citizens’ rights

Belgium to repatriate children of Isis, but leave mothers in Syria

Independent Minds

What happens to UK citizens living in the EU under a no-deal Brexit?

Jon Stone

France would block Brexit delay ‘without clear objective’, Macron says

Daughter of Putin's spokesman working in European Parliament as intern

EU socialist group chief welcomes Labour backing for Brexit final say

Berlin set to hold referendum on nationalising big private landlords

Brexit delay is 'rational' solution, EU president Tusk says

Irish PM Varadkar backs ‘long’ extension to Article 50 to delay Brexit

Verhofstadt slams May’s ‘reckless’ decision to postpone Brexit vote

Independent Minds

How is European national politics affecting Brexit talks?

Jon Stone

Hungary takes hundreds of Venezuelan refugees with Hungarian ancestry

EU's Juncker says he is not optimistic about avoiding no-deal Brexit

Italian 'post-fascist' far-right party joins Tories' EU group

Brexit: No breakthrough at Theresa May meeting, says EU's Juncker

Three Green MEPs arrested for breaking into Belgian military airbase

Jeremy Hunt lobbies Germany to lift ban on arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Jeremy Hunt says EU shares responsibility to prevent no-deal Brexit

Nearly a third of French people think Britain has already left

UK will probably delay Brexit, former EU president Barroso says

Brexit breakthrough is ‘in God’s hands’, EU president Juncker says

Nancy Pelosi defies Donald Trump over Nato

Parliament isn’t perfect – in Brussels or Westminster

Independent Minds

What have world leaders said about Brexit?

Jon Stone

Jeremy Corbyn to visit Brussels for Brexit talks

EU to set up European Labour Agency to enforce migrant work standards

UK a 'diminished country on the wane' after Brexit vote, says Dutch PM

EU adds Saudi Arabia to 'dirty money' blacklist over terrorism finance

Macedonia officially changes name to North Macedonia to end dispute

UK trying to convince EU that Brexit backstop is illegal

EU unveils plan to keep Eurostar trains running after no-deal Brexit

Guy Verhofstadt suggests Brexiteers could ‘end up on the guillotine’

Move your Brexit red lines, Labour and EU both tell Theresa May