“Britain is leaving the political institutions of the EU; but it is not leaving Europe, and British prosperity is, and always will be, closely bound to European prosperity,” – said Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond, addressing the European Business Summit in Brussels (24/05/2018) – “So Europe’s success – and the success of the Euro as…
Category: Brexit
UK and Ireland face similar Brexit trade challenges
he United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland face similar trade-related exposures to Brexit a new report by academic think tank The UK in a Changing Europe finds. 930 start for those who have registered. 930 livestream start for those who haven’t https://t.co/EEYO8pxKNN — Anand Menon (@anandMenon1) May 21, 2018 The report – Brexit and the…
Johnson defines Customs partnership as”crazy”
Britain’s proposal for a customs partnership with the European Union after Brexit is “crazy“, foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said, deepening divisions in the government of Prime Minister Theresa May. He criticised Prime Minister Theresa May’s compromise policy as a “crazy system” that would leave the UK “locked in the tractor beam of Brussels”, in an interview…
Barnier enters Irish border polemics with DUP
Michel Barnier, the EU top Brexit negotiator said “the time has now come to resolve the contradictions” over the Northern Irish border. His position was announced ahead of the visit to the island of Ireland for attending the conference on Civil Dialogue, and hear opinions from both sides. Just arrived Dundalk IT for today’s Civic Dialogue….
Brexit impacts workers rights in UK
Part-time, fixed-term and agency workers, many of whom are women and from minority ethnic communities, may find that their rights at risk after Brexit a new report by The UK in a Changing Europe and the Oxford Human Rights Hub finds. With the debates on the Withdrawal Bill on-going the House of Lords, today is our…
May rejects ambivalence over leaving Customs Union
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on her government was firm on its proposals to facilitate trade with the European Union after Brexit, rejecting suggestions that plans to quit the Customs Union were again dividing her party. Downing Street sources last night insisted that leaving the Customs Union is a Government 'red line' which will not…
May to enhance Commonwealth cooperation
British Prime Minister Theresa May will call on the Commonwealth to boost trade and forge new links, launching a summit of the 53 nations which have become increasingly important to the UK as it leaves the European Union. Welcome to #CHOGM2018. What’s agreed this week matters to all of us. #ourCommonwealth@commonwealthsec @10downingstreet @royalfamily @foreignofficeuk @CWEICofficial @commonwealthorg…
May welcomes “new dynamic” in EU-UK talks
The UK Prime Minister Theresa May welcomed the approval by European Union leaders at EU March Summit of a transition period to give an opportunity to businesses to adapt after Brexit, telling the EU27 to ride the “new dynamic” in upcoming trade talks. UK PM #May concluding March Summit #EUCO https://t.co/jSsfAJOPYr via @EC_AVService — Anna van…
UK expects transit deal
EU27 Brexit negotiators summoned ambassadors and journalists at short notice on Monday 19/03/2018 as the expectations arise among diplomats of an interim deal to grant Britain a transition. Amid Brexit deal talk, EU summons envoys, media https://t.co/ERogZjsG1q pic.twitter.com/RUZY8JxilM — Reuters (@Reuters) March 19, 2018 The European Union and the UK reached an agreement in several…
EU27: “club” or “gang” language?
Any suggestion from the EU27 that Britain should be punished for leaving would turn it into a “gang”, not a voluntary club of nations, and goes against the interests of member states, trade minister Liam Fox. "The idea of punishing Britain is not the language of a club, it's the language of a gang." International Trade…
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