European Union’s top Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on May 15 that the third round of talks with the UK on a new partnership was “disappointing”. Michel #Barnier foaming at his mouth: «you cannot have best of both worlds» he said, without hiding his frustration with British demands. Hope of #Brexit agreement by end of…
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Westminster aims at one year Brexit delay
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson refused to negotiate further extension of Brexit deadline with the European Union, after he failed to win the support of Westminster for his Article 50 Agreement with the bloc, facing another delay caused by MP Oliver Letwin amendment. The MPs passed an amendment tabled by a cross-party group, led by…
Brexit: Sassoli vows to defend EU interest
“We want an agreement but we are aware that an agreement without a backstop wouldn’t work,” the speaker of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, said at a news conference in Brussels. https://twitter.com/ep_president/status/1172142533729824768?s=21 “We are willing to go back to the original EU proposal which is that a backstop will only be added for Northern Ireland.”…
Johnson: forced to delay Brexit again
Westminster including a number of former Conservatives expelled from the party, are preparing legal action in case the Prime Minister Boris Johnson refuses to request Brussels to delay Brexit beyond October 31. UK's House of Lords approves legislation aimed at blocking a possible no-deal #Brexit https://t.co/fX9d9SZx0v pic.twitter.com/pUFlxxedCd — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) September 6, 2019 A…
EU-UK Brexit deal stays intact
The European Commission is willing to discuss Brexit with the UK over the coming weeks, a spokeswoman said on August 6. However the decision of keeping intact the negotiated with Theresa May government deal remains unchanged. The Commission expressed readiness to add “words” to it in forms of declarations. #Brexit deal stays intact, only political declarations…
EU Brexit half-a-year extension
European Union leaders agreed to offer the UK six more months to leave the bloc, more than Prime Minister Theresa May said she requested. The Brussels Summit concluded in the early hours on April 11 that the second extension is granted, which signifies Britain will not exit on April 12, as the suggested the first extension, shifting…
EU to grant May conditional Brexit extension
European Union will grant Prime Minister Theresa May a second delay to Brexit deadline at an emergency summit on April 10, but the are many indications that the leaders will impose the conditions. EU27 ministers discussed the state of play of #Brexit and prepared for the #EUCO (Art. 50) meeting on 10 April. Read the…
May-Corbyn compromise evokes skepticism
British Prime Minister Theresa May met opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn in an attempt to find a common Brexit solution, endorsing her government Article 50 Agreement with the EU. After her EU withdrawal deal (WA) was rejected three times in the House of Commons, with MPs, including her Conservative Party divided over Brexit deal negociated for…
‘Managed’ no-deal Brexit letter collects signatures
A junior minister in Prime Minister Theresa May’s government have reportedly collected 200 signatures from Conservative Members of Parliament for a letter calling for a ‘managed’ no-deal Brexit, ITV’s Political Editor Robert Peston said. Market 2.0. Meanwhile DExEU minster Chris Heaton-Harris (@chhcalling) is said by several of his colleagues to have collected 200 Tory MP…
EU prepares for no-deal Brexit
European Union officials believe that a departure of the UK from the block without an agreement is “increasingly likely”, EU officials said after the organisation have gaven Britain a fortnight to resolve the political stalemate, however there are doubts that the additional time would be a remedy. While a #Brexit “no-deal” scenario is not desirable,…
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