The Green party is in contention to win three Members of European Parliament (MEP) seats in Ireland’s European elections after an official exit poll said its three candidates are all on course for Brussels success. The sorting of votes in the European and Local Elections has been underway since 9am this morning. The European election…
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EU prepares transport for no-deal Brexit
“The EU is ensuring continuity of train services between the EU (France and Ireland) and the United Kingdom in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. The Council today adopted a regulation on a temporary extension of the validity of certain authorisations, certificates and licences that are needed to run the…
Brussels deaf to May’s attempts to save deal
Prime Minister Theresa May will address her own political family members of parliament (MPs) with a request to send a message to Brussels informing they would support her Brexit deal if a plan to avoid a hard border in Ireland is replaced. (Image: Berlaymont). Sabine Weyand, deputy Chief EU negotiator on #Brexit couldn’t be clearer today;…
May attempts to seal bilateral Irish deal
British Prime Minister Theresa May intends to seal a bilateral treaty with the Irish government as a tool to remove the so-called “backstop” arrangement from Article 50 deal with the European Union, according to media reports. Irish commitment to Brexit backstop 'absolute': foreign minister https://t.co/wiNjJPtP9d pic.twitter.com/dw9tj2oVoK — Reuters (@Reuters) January 19, 2019 May thought a deal…
Varadkar calls Britain to make decisive choices
The chances of sealing a deal on the UK withdrawal from the European Union this month are receding, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said, and the EU’s Brexit negotiator called on Britain to make decisive choices. Hopes of November Brexit deal looking 'less likely with each passing day' – Leo Varadkar https://t.co/3XQIfbfcUU pic.twitter.com/23wNxqjCY0 — Independent.ie…
Barnier warns no-deal without Irish border agreement
The European Union will not conclude an Article 50 agreement with the UK or give London a transition period after Brexit without a deal that prevents a “hard” border in Ireland, the bloc’s main negotiator Michel Barnier said. Addressing the joint news conference with Slovakia’s Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini, Michel Barnier said he would seek to…
“Real” risks of returning violence in Ireland
In spite of the absence of a proposal by any political party to establish conventional border structure dividing the island of Ireland, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has considered necessary to give European leaders his warning of related risks of returning to a hard border. Speaking at a press conference while concluding Brexit Summit in Brussels Mr…
DUP leader heads to Brussels for Brexit talks
The Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), the ally of Prime Minister Theresa May’s government, said that it wanted a Brexit that worked for the Republic of Ireland too, as its leader Arlene Foster travels to Brussels for talks with EU negotiator Michel Barnier. BREAKING Arlene Foster flies to Brussels tonight for 3 days of intensive…
EU “unacceptable” Irish border demands
British prime minister Theresa May warns the EU to avoid the “unacceptable” demands in negotiations over Northern Ireland’s borders. The prime minister will set out her case to other European leaders at a informal summit in Salzburg this week, hosted by Ausrtian Presidency of the EU. Good to catch up today with @simoncoveney ahead of…
Barnier considers various Irish border solutions
The EU Brexit chief negotiator Michel Barnier said in evidence published on September, 7 that he was willing to consider new ways to solve the Irish border issue, the toughest of remaining issues in Britain’s exit negotiation. Brexit secretary under fire from Michel Barnier on Irish border issue https://t.co/f4BUERgYnl — Guardian politics (@GdnPolitics) September 7,…
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