“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…
Tag: Single Market
Hammond for Brexit 'transitional' deal
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond, speaking on the margins of a G20 summit in Hamburg, said his preference was to negotiate a “transitional structure” that takes his country out of the Single market and Customs union “but in the transition phase replicates as much as possible of the existing arrangements”. According to Hammond…
May to end EU ‘free movement’ to UK
The UK Prime Minister Theresa May will make a pledge ahead of the June 8 election to end European Union free movement of people into Britain, the Daily Mail newspaper reported, citing unidentified party sources. May will also include pledges in her election manifesto to pull out of both the EU Single market and European…
Schaeuble fears Brexit “contamination”
German Finance Minister Woflfgang Schaeuble said that the European Union was trying to limit the negative effects of Brexit for Britain but stressed that countries wanting to get the benefits related to the bloc had to make commitments, too. “We need to find a fair path – if Britain still wants to have good access…
UK citizens approve of May #Brexit plan
A majority of the UK citizens approve of the government’s approach to leaving the European Union, a poll indicated this week after the Prime Minister Theresa May declared her priorities for negotiations. May set out her concept for Brexit in a speech in mid-January, outlining agenda to leave the EU Single market in a definite…
PM May: UK goes global
In a comprehensive and inspirational speech Prime Minister Theresa May has sketched a framework for Brexit goals and future of the UK-EU relations. In a way she picked up a glove of those sceptics, including recently quit ambassador to EU Ivan Rogers, who were hinting the government had no plans, no clarity, and even suggested…
May to deliver Brexit speech
On Tuesday 17/01/2017 Prime Minister Theresa May will deliver a speech setting out her 12 priorities for upcoming Brexit talks with the EU. Those 12 priorities will include leaving the European Union’s Single Market. May will be also describing future of the Customs Union, but she alredy confired that UK will be no longer a…
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…
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