Britain must commit to paying what it owes to the European Union before talks can begin about a future relationship with the bloc after Brexit, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Friday. Merci beaucoup @UE_Luxembourg et @c2dh pour un grand #EUDialogues avec @JunckerEU pic.twitter.com/udRZcdoCs3 — Joachim Ott (@joachim_ott) October 13, 2017 “The British are…
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May aims at long-term future with EU27
British Prime Minister Theresa May said negotiations with the European Union on exiting the bloc needed to be focused on the long-term future relationship between the two after a limited implementation period. https://twitter.com/DVATW/status/918029955111510016 “We should concentrate our negotiating time and capital on what really matters: the future long-term relationship we will have with the EU…
Macron aims to EU27 fast reforms
French President Emmanuel Macron said the European Union leaders agreed during a Summit dinner they should move forward reforms of the EU27 faster. Discussion avec Angela Merkel pour faire avancer l’Europe avant le #TallinnDigitalSummit. pic.twitter.com/qBtrW3u0BU — Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) September 28, 2017 Macron used the dinner in Tallinn to project a vision more dynamic, and…
Tusk confirms lack of progress in Brexit talks
Sufficient progress has not yet been made in Brexit talks to allow negotiations to move to the next phase of discussing the future relationship including trade, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Tuesday. Today I’d say there is no "sufficient progress" yet. But cautiously optimistic about @Theresa_May constructive, more realistic #Brexit tone. pic.twitter.com/7qq3Xtq2dJ —…
Barnier reacts on May's Florence speech
“In her speech in Florence, Prime Minister Theresa May has expressed a constructive spirit which is also the spirit of the European Union during this unique negotiation” – says the text of a Statement issued by the EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier. “The speech shows a willingness to move forward, as time is of the…
Tusk reflects upon EU challenges ahead of Tallinn Summit
“On 29 June 2016, a few days after the Brexit vote in the United Kingdom, we decided to begin a reflection on the future of a European Union of 27 Member States”, – says the President Donald Tusk to EU leaders ahead of their informal dinner in Tallinn in a letter, published on the Council…
Barnier waits for commitment from May’s in Florence
British Prime Minister Theresa May should make the EU firm offers by next week to break deadlock in Brexit talks if she intends for an orderly withdrawal and transition to a new relationship, the bloc’s top negotiator. Speaking to the Italian parliament on the eve of a speech that May will deliver in Florence, Michel…
Juncker: State of Union address
On Wednesday 13 September 2017, the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, will deliver his State of the Union address at the European Parliament Hemicycle. After a broad debate across our continent on the #FutureofEurope, including the European Parliament, national Parliaments, local and regional authorities, and civil society at large, the President will take these…
Brexit talks in stalemate over 'divorce bill'
British officials arrive to Brussels in the afternoon for a round of the EU talks on shaping the post-Brexit relations, which the bloc refuses to regard without an agreement on London’s exit bill and other so-called ‘divorce’ issues, the concept the UK denies, rejecting the idea of ‘family breakup’, aiming to take Prime Minister Theresa…
Hammond for a lengthy Brexit transition
The UK finance minister Philip Hammond told the board of U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs (GS.N) that he is supportive of a lengthy transition period after Britain leaves the European Union, a source familiar with the talks said, according to Reuters news agency. https://twitter.com/WeeklyJournalUK/status/888715521499303936 The source said Hammond made a presentation to the Goldman Sachs…
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