Prime Minister Theresa May will file formal Brexit request on Wednesday, 29 of March 2017, fulfilling the wish people enshrined in the referendum on the UK membership in the European Union. Nine months after Britons voted to leave, May will notify EU Council President Donald Tusk in a letter that the UK really is quitting…
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EU startling bill of Brexit costs
“A failure and a tragedy” – the words the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has chosen to describe Brexit. However Juncekr promised no to dramatise the talks, confirming that Brussels will approach the negotiation of Britain’s withdrawal in a “friendly” and “fair” way, but warned that European institutions were not “naive” about the process. Juncker…
Schaeuble fears Brexit “contamination”
German Finance Minister Woflfgang Schaeuble said that the European Union was trying to limit the negative effects of Brexit for Britain but stressed that countries wanting to get the benefits related to the bloc had to make commitments, too. “We need to find a fair path – if Britain still wants to have good access…
Brexit Summit on 29th of April
“In view of what was announced in London yesterday, I’d like to inform you that I will call a European Council on Saturday, the 29th of April, to adopt the guidelines for the Brexit talks,” Tusk told reporters. The European Union’s 27 leaders will meet on April 29 to agree the negotiating positions for Brexit talks…
On 29 March the UK starts Brexit talks
Prime Minister Theresa May will trigger Article 50 proceedings with the European Union on March 29, launching two years of negotiations that will reshape the future of the country and Europe. May’s government said her permanent envoy to the EU Tim Barrow had informed European Council President Donald Tusk of the date when Britain intends…
PM May for UK ‘precious union’
Prime Minister Theresa May pledged to fight for the “precious, precious union” of the United Kingdom, unveiling what she called her Plan for Britain with a warning to Scotland not to pursue its independence plans at the moment. May underlined she would negotiate a Brexit deal for the whole country but needed everyone to pull…
Osborne to edit Lebedev’s newspaper
Russian oligarch Evgeny Lebedev (pictured) engaged George Osborne as an editor of London’s Evening Standard newspaper. Osborne lost his job as British finance minister in the aftermath of the EU referendum in June, the appointment for the mass-media job came as as a surprise on Friday. “I am proud to have an editor of such…
Queen grants Brexit launch power to May
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth on Thursday formally granted Prime Minister Theresa May the power to trigger exit talks with the European Union, approving legislation which passed through parliament late on Monday. The announcement, made in parliament by speaker John Bercow, confirms that May can begin divorce talks at any time, although her spokesman hinted on Monday…
End March – invocation of Article 50
According to the UK media reports, the end of March (27-30) – last four days of the parliament, Prime Minister Therea May will make an announcement. A spokesman has stressed she planned to send the trigger letter at “the end” of the month. The European Council President Donald Tusk promised to react within 48 hours after…
Sturgeon to banalise independence
Anna van Densky, OPNION Banalising independence referendum Scottish First minister Nicola Sturgeon has become a ‘false friend’ of the European Union, opening wide Pandora box of the disputed claims of national political elites in EU members eager to arrange the states of their own. The referendum, that was organized as a unique opportunity after 400 years…
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