Tag Archives: BREXIT

IMAGE COPYRIGHTEPAimage captionEU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen oversees trade relations with the UK The European Parliament is expected to ratify the post-Brexit EU-UK trade deal – a key move to ensure that tariff- and quota-free trade continues. The Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA) has been operating provisionally since …

Boris Johnson has said the UK has “freedom in our hands” and must make the most of it as the country prepares to leave EU trading rules at 11pm. Historic changes to rules on travel, trade, immigration and security are to come into force as the UK enters a new …

EU ambassadors have received a Christmas Day briefing on the post-Brexit trade deal reached with the UK. EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier updated them on the agreement, reached after months of fraught talks on fishing rights and business rules. MPs will vote on the deal in Parliament on 30 December, …

Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen will seek to break the stalemate over a post-Brexit trade deal on Saturday. Negotiators for the two sides called in the two leaders after saying “significant divergences” remained following a week of intensive talks. Time is running out to get …

Talks to reach a post-Brexit trade deal have been paused, because UK and EU negotiators say “significant divergences” remain. Michel Barnier and David Frost said conditions for a deal between the two sides have not been met. European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen and PM Boris Johnson will discuss …

Talks between the UK and EU over a post-Brexit trade agreement are “over”, Downing Street has said. No 10 said there was “no point” in discussions continuing next week unless the EU was prepared to discuss the detailed legal text of a partnership. UK chief negotiator Lord Frost said he …

The EU is demanding the UK ditches plans to change Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal “by the end of the month” or risk jeopardising trade talks. The UK has published a bill to rewrite parts of the withdrawal agreement it signed in January. The EU said this had “seriously damaged trust” …

The United Kingdom (UK) has officially left the European Union after 47 years of membership – and more than three years after it voted to do so in a referendum. The historic moment, which happened at 23:00 GMT, was marked by both celebrations and anti-Brexit protests. Candlelit vigils were held …

A novel way of marking Brexit came to our attention today. British Apples and Pears – guess who they represent? – were giving out leaflets, and yes, free apples, in Westminster with the exclamation: “A new dawn is breaking!” In a leaflet, the organisation says it is renaming an apple …

Members of the European Parliament have overwhelmingly backed the terms of the UK’s departure from the EU. MEPs ratified the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement by 621 votes to 49 following an emotional debate in Brussels. After the vote, MEPs marked the UK’s exit by singing Auld Lang Syne. Several British MEPs …