The UK departure without a deal as a concept appears persistently in different contexts, approaching the date of the triggering Article 50, promised by Prime Minister Theresa May in March, likely before the Treaty of Rome celebrations on the 27th, but after the Dutch general elections on the 15th. The UK officials do not wish…
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Treaty of Rome: balance sheet
Next month the EU leaders will gather in Italian capital , 26/01/2017, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. However, in view of the UK imminent departure, and multiple crises the EU project suffers, one does not expect any opulent festivities. The situation is aggravated by the banking crisis in Italy, considering the…
A50: MEP Farage pleased by MPs vote
MPs have voted by a majority of 384 to allow Prime Minister Theresa May to get Brexit negotiations under way. Historic vote in Parliament tonight. A huge majority to get our Brexit negotiations going forward. History has been made — Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) February 1, 2017 They backed the government’s European Union Bill, supported by…
Atkinson MEP on Supreme Court ruling
Janice ATKINSON MEP OPINION: “Today the out-of-touch, unelected elite Supreme Court Justices have ruled in favour of a few wealthy individuals who sought to thwart the will of the British people to leave the EU. “Our discredited former Prime Minister Tony Blair, himself a lawyer and the man who set up the Supreme Court may see this as a victory…
Article 50: UK Supreme Court rules
“The referendum is of great political significance, but the Act of Parliament which established it did not say what should happen as a result,” said David Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court which ruled by 8-3 against the government. “So any change in the law to give effect to the referendum must be made in…
Article 50: 'Brexit' goes to UK Parliament
The UK Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Prime Minister Theresa May must get parliament’s approval before she begins Britain’s formal exit from the European Union. #UPDATE UK supreme court says MPs must approve #Brexit trigger, need not consult Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland https://t.co/cYlrGen91F pic.twitter.com/oYTUZl5usx — AFP News Agency (@AFP) January 24, 2017 The UK’s…
MPs for mid-Feburary Brexit plan
The Exiting the European Union Committee’s first report calls for transitional arrangements on trade, no return to tariffs for UK businesses and parliamentary vote on final deal. MPs on the cross-party Exiting the European Union Committee have concluded that the Government should publish its Brexit plan by mid-February at the latest. This should set out…
UK: migration control prior to free trade with EU
The immigration control is prioritized by the UK citizens over the free trade with the European Union, showed the results of poll published this week, reflecting the vision of future of the majority of Britons ahead of the entering into ‘divorce’ negotiations. The launch of the negotiations has been postponed since the last year referendum,…
Brexit: Tim Barrow UK envoy to EU
A career diplomat, and former ambassador to Moscow, Tim Barrow (52) will come to Brussels as a replacement for ambassador Sir Ivan Rogers to lead the UK Representation to the European Union. Political director of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Barrow would start working from next week onwards, according to UK officials. The PM office…
Sir Rogers: farwell to 'la belle époque'
Anna van Densky comment of Sir Ivan Rogers resignation The stepping down of the UK’s ambassador to the EU, Sir Ivan Rogers continues a ‘natural’ process of replacement of Eurocentrics by Europscpetics, namely ‘remainers’ for ‘brexiters’. If in times of his appointment in 2013 the enthusiasm for common European future was an asset, as…
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