The UK may not be able to reach the Article 50 Agreement with the European Union because a number of contentious issues still stand in the way, Trade minister Liam Fox said in an interview to Sky News. .@LiamFox is asked whether he supports a plan presented to the PM by Cabinet ministers for a…
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Varadkar calls Britain to make decisive choices
The chances of sealing a deal on the UK withdrawal from the European Union this month are receding, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said, and the EU’s Brexit negotiator called on Britain to make decisive choices. Hopes of November Brexit deal looking 'less likely with each passing day' – Leo Varadkar https://t.co/3XQIfbfcUU pic.twitter.com/23wNxqjCY0 — Independent.ie…
Varadkar blames Brexit undermining ‘Good Friday’
Brexit has undermined the Good Friday Agreement which ended thirty years of violence in Northern Ireland, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said. Leo Varadkar: Brexit 'undermined' the Good Friday Agreement https://t.co/i22Sijlyu4 — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) November 3, 2018 “Brexit has undermined the Good Friday Agreement and is fraying the relationship between Britain and Ireland,”…
EFTA prepares for no-deal Brexit
The EFTA trade alliance is preparing the contingency plans in case Britain leaves the European Union without a deal on its future ties with Brussels, EFTA’s secretary general told a Swiss newspaper. "Solange sich Bern und Brüssel nicht auf ein #Rahmenabkommen einigen, ist der #EWR das einzige Modell für enge Nachbarschaftsbeziehungen mit der EU, das…
EU27 “deliberately intransigent approach”
The United Kingdom and the European Union are close to agreeing an Artcle 50 deal, Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab said. There is certainly a risk of a no-deal Brexit if the EU engage "in a deliberately intransigent approach" in negotiations, Dominic Raab says https://t.co/LBOR25lWdO pic.twitter.com/DW2PexxRMn — Bloomberg (@business) October 25, 2018 “We have made good progress….
Tusk willing to call Brexit Summit
European Council President Donald Tusk announced to the Members of the European Parliament his readiness to call a special summit on Brexit whenever negotiators assess a “decisive progress” had been made towards a deal. My report to the European Parliament this morning on the October #EUCO: https://t.co/NGBqnR4EHv pic.twitter.com/IAEStngJbW — Charles Michel (@eucopresident) October 24, 2018…
‘Tribalision’ of UK politics towards Brexit
British Brexit minister Dominic Raab said the parliament will have sufficient time to debate any exit deal Prime Minister Theresa May agrees with the European Union, and that lawmakers will have a real say on whether to approve it or not. However not all of them are convinced by minister’s promise, preferring to deliver personally…
Gibraltar denies any concessions of sovereignty
Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo denied any concessions made as a result of Brexit talks. In a statement issued by the HM Government it is underlined that there will be “no concessions in terms of sovereignty, jurisdiction or control”. The statement came in a form of a correction of some ‘leaks’ to Spanish media. Our statement…
Half of Britons expect exit without deal
A major new survey by the Policy Institute at King’s College London, in partnership with Ipsos MORI and the UK in a Changing Europe, reveals what the public think will happen in the Brexit negotiations, and the impact of leaving the EU on key issues over the following five years: 44% of the public expect the UK to leave…
“Still time to reach a deal”
British Prime Minister Theresa May said she considers Brexit deal was still possible as she arrived in Brussels Europa building to meet her 27 European Union counterparts, in spite of the talks impasse over how to the Irish border functional arrangements. #EUCO #Brexit @TheresaMay came second having some time to talks to EU27 counterparts. It looked…
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