The idea of a second Brexit referendum is very likely to be voted again in Westminster although the government remains opposed to the second plebiscite on the same issue of leaving the European Union, the British finance minister said. Chancellor Philip Hammond says "what we know about the vast majority of voters in this country…
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EU Brexit half-a-year extension
European Union leaders agreed to offer the UK six more months to leave the bloc, more than Prime Minister Theresa May said she requested. The Brussels Summit concluded in the early hours on April 11 that the second extension is granted, which signifies Britain will not exit on April 12, as the suggested the first extension, shifting…
EU to grant May conditional Brexit extension
European Union will grant Prime Minister Theresa May a second delay to Brexit deadline at an emergency summit on April 10, but the are many indications that the leaders will impose the conditions. EU27 ministers discussed the state of play of #Brexit and prepared for the #EUCO (Art. 50) meeting on 10 April. Read the…
May asks for further Brexit delay
British Prime minister Theresa May asked for further delay of Brexit deadline to June 30, meaning the EU is facing a dilemma of the admittance of the UK in participation in the upcoming European elections (end May 2019). The prolongation beyond April 11 also indicates that Britons will imperatively participate in the European elections as the…
No breakthrough in May-Corbyn talks
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said on that Prime Minister Theresa May had not moved far enough in a first round of crisis talks intended to achieve a breakthrough in the domestic deadlock over endorsement of the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement to avoid disorderly exit from the European Union. (Image above: illustration). In my meeting with Theresa…
May-Corbyn compromise evokes skepticism
British Prime Minister Theresa May met opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn in an attempt to find a common Brexit solution, endorsing her government Article 50 Agreement with the EU. After her EU withdrawal deal (WA) was rejected three times in the House of Commons, with MPs, including her Conservative Party divided over Brexit deal negociated for…
EU-UK visa free travel reciprocity
“The Council and the European Parliament have agreed that, following Brexit, UK citizens coming to the Schengen area for a short stay (90 days in any 180 days) should be granted visa free travel. This agreement was confirmed yesterday by EU ambassadors on behalf of the Council and by the European Parliament Civil Liberties, Justice…
Barnier assesses no-deal Brexit as “highly likey”
“No deal was never our desired nor intended scenario. No deal was never my intended scenario, but the EU 27 is now prepared. It becomes day after day more likely,” Michel Barnier, the EU Brexit top negotiator said addressing the even in the European Policy Centre Brussels think-tank. (Image above: illustration). “Let’s not forget first…
‘Managed’ no-deal Brexit letter collects signatures
A junior minister in Prime Minister Theresa May’s government have reportedly collected 200 signatures from Conservative Members of Parliament for a letter calling for a ‘managed’ no-deal Brexit, ITV’s Political Editor Robert Peston said. Market 2.0. Meanwhile DExEU minster Chris Heaton-Harris (@chhcalling) is said by several of his colleagues to have collected 200 Tory MP…
EU announces extraordinary Apirl Brexit Summit
Reflecting upon the third Westminster negative vote on the endorsed by the EU Article 50 Agreement, president of the European Council Donald Tusk calls for a Summit of the heads of states and governments in Brussels on April 10. In view of the rejection of the Withdrawal Agreement by the House of Commons, I have…
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