News about resignation of the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis started to circulate in Twitter microblogs on Sunday evening, July 8. Sarah O’Grady, the wife of David Davis’ chief of staff Stewart Jackson, confirmed Davis has quit in two tweets: “BREAKING: DD resigns”, “DD decided he couldn’t sellout his own country…
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Northern Ireland to receive special status for EU trade
The United Kingdom will attempt to break the deadlock in the Brexit negotiations with a proposal to grant Northern Ireland joint UK and European Union status so that it can trade freely with both, The Sun newspaper reported. Excl: Revealed – David Davis’s new Brexit plan to give Northern Ireland joint UK/EU status and a border…
Brexit negotiations at critical stage
“As far as the European Parliament is concerned, the principles governing our future relations are clear: single market integrity must be preserved, a third country cannot be treated more favourably than an EU member state and a level playing field is essential. Working from these guidelines, we want to achieve the closest possible relationship between…
Tusk: Brexit means “drifting apart”
Commenting of the future of the economic relations with the UK, the president of the European Council Donald Tusk said: “During my talks in London last Thursday, and in her speech last Friday, Prime Minister Theresa May confirmed that the UK will leave the Single Market, leave the customs union and leave the jurisdiction of…
Barnier’s “cynical” financial services stance
France said that it was not conducting hard Brexit talks, however it considers there is a little chance of securing a free trade deal for financial services that would provide the degree of access sought by Britain’s biggest tax paying sector. UK public group Change Britain called French stance of UK financial services access “cynical”. Michel…
Financial services as part of Brexit deal
British Prime Minister Theresa May said that she would like to include financial services as a part of Article 50 agreement with the EU27, shaping new relationship with the European Union after Brexit, elaborating the suggestions she made in her Manson speech #RoadToBrexit. The UK is the best place in the world to start and…
May perceives Brexit as ‘new beginning’
British Prime Minister Theresa May explained her concept of Brexit a unique engagement, different from any free trade agreement in the world, explaining the European Union leadership it is in “shared interest”. She also underlined that the existing models are not suitable: both Norway and Canada agreements with the EU have implications that can not…
EU Draft Withdrawal Agreement harder than expected
The European Commission published the draft Withdrawal Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom. Tusk: I’m sure that all essential elements of draft #Brexit Withdrawal Agreement will be accepted by all. Barnier has full support of both EU institutions and EU27. — Preben Aamann (@PrebenEUspox) March 1, 2018 The draft Withdrawal Agreement translates into legal…
Barnier: Brexit transition is "not given"
A post-Brexit transition is “not a given”, Michel Barnier warned Britain on Friday (9/02/2018), saying London had “substantial” objections to the European Union’s offer and that parts of it were not up for negotiation. A Brexit transition period can't be guaranteed, Michel Barnier warns Britain https://t.co/JyasxIvOb9 pic.twitter.com/3q8Y2toOjV — Bloomberg UK (@BloombergUK) February 11, 2018 …
Rudd aims at Brexit “bespoke agreement”
“We want to have a bespoke agreement. Now we’re not going to surrender before we have that battle,” Home secretary Amber Rudd said to the BBC when asked whether ministers were pursuing what the EU has already ruled out as “having its cake and eating it” – demanding tariff-free access to the EU’s market…
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