Britain must understand that it won’t have advantages over its 27 peers in the European Union once negotiations over its exit from the bloc are concluded, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in remarks published on Saturday. “There is no free lunch,” Schaeuble told the Funke Media Group, using an English expression. “Britons must know…
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EU to embrace united Ireland membership
“We expect Ireland to ask on Saturday for a statement to be added to the minutes of the European Council, which states that in case of a unification of the island in accordance with the Good Friday Agreement, the united Ireland would be a member of the EU”- a spokesperson for the EU Council told AFP…
EU citizens for residency in UK
European Union leaders will insist the UK grants permanent residence to EU citizens who settled before Brexit to obtain a permit to stay five more years, according to a draft negotiating plan they to be endorsed in Brussels this weekend. https://twitter.com/Corbynator2/status/856825859478626304 In the latest sign of the EU27 to mount pressure on Prime Minister Theresa…
Brexit: will EU27 tourist industry be sacrificed?
Anna van Densky, OPINION The European Parliament Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt suggested that in 2019 British citizens will have not more rights to travel across Europe than Russians or Indians. The idea immediately reciprocated by the UKIP leader Nigel Farage: EU Parliament negotiator @GuyVerhofstadt says we may not be able to holiday in the…
PM May welcomes EP president Tajani
Antonio Tajani stressed the importance of a deal to safeguard people’s rights in the wake of Brexit during a meeting with UK Prime Minister Theresa May this morning. “The European Parliament’s message is clear: strongly defending their interests is our first priority,” he said. The Parliament President was in London to discuss the institution’s position…
May to end EU ‘free movement’ to UK
The UK Prime Minister Theresa May will make a pledge ahead of the June 8 election to end European Union free movement of people into Britain, the Daily Mail newspaper reported, citing unidentified party sources. May will also include pledges in her election manifesto to pull out of both the EU Single market and European…
EP President Tajani to visit UK PM May
The President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, will meet with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May, next Thursday, 20 April 2017, in London. President Tajani will discuss the European Parliament’s position on Brexit; a resolution defining its guidelines for the negotiation passed with an overwhelming majority last week. “Defending the rights…
May calls for early elections
British Prime Minister Theresa May called on Tuesday, 18.04.2017, for an early election on June 8, motivating with a needed to strengthen her hand in Brexit talks with the European Union by shoring up support for PM’s departure from EU plan. UK PM @theresa_may announces snap general electionhttps://t.co/JRjQmfCY6Z pic.twitter.com/yZbVqY70ng — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) April…
MEPs endorse guidelines for #Brexit
An overwhelming majority of the house – 516 votes in favour, 133 against, with 50 abstentions – adopted a resolution officially laying down the European Parliament’s key principles and conditions for its approval of the UK’s withdrawal agreement. Any such agreement at the end of UK-EU negotiations will need to win the approval of the…
Farage’ allegory of #EU27 as “mafia” causes indignation
MEP Nigel Farage, the UKIP leader and locomotive of #Brexit blamed the EU27 ‘mafia’ methods in dealing with the UK leaving the international organization. During European Parliament plenary debate he argued the requested amount of more than 50 billion euro as an unreasonalbe settlement bill. “We are not hostages, we are shareholders”, – Farage said….
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