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Tag: European Union

  • Saturday, August 12th 2017 - 10:57 UTC

    British government and Scotland exchange threats over Brexit legislation

    Scottish Brexit Minister Mike Russell again warned that if Tories go ahead with the Bill without Holyrood’s approval it would be an “unprecedented step to take”.

    The legislation to formally remove the UK from the European Union will not be changed by Westminster, a senior member of Theresa May’s Cabinet has said despite threats from Scotland's SNP ministers to refuse consent for the Bill as it stands.

  • Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 01:14 UTC

    Spain will not condition a Brexit deal to Gibraltar, but remains firm in its sovereignty claim of the Rock

    “I won’t make an agreement between the EU and the United Kingdom conditional on recovering sovereignty over Gibraltar”, said Dastis

    Spain will not risk a Brexit deal by making Gibraltar’s sovereignty a condition in the talks, the country’s Foreign Minister said in an interview on Sunday. Speaking to the conservative newspaper ABC, Alfonso Dastis said Spain would not accept any agreement that undermined its position on Gibraltar, but would not use the Brexit talks to push its sovereignty aspirations over the Rock.

  • Monday, August 7th 2017 - 22:17 UTC

    Cable lashes out at Brexit “martyrs” and accuses them of “masochism” and nostalgic of an imperial past

    Whitehall sources played down speculation that PM May would be prepared to pay a Brexit bill of £36 billion as part of a deal on a comprehensive free trade accord

    Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable has lashed out at hard line Brexit “martyrs” who view economic pain as a price worth paying to break away from Brussels. Cable accused them of “masochism” and claimed older Brexit voters with views “colored by nostalgia from an imperial past” had imposed their will on a younger generation more comfortable with the European Union.

  • Monday, August 7th 2017 - 07:21 UTC

    Lord King calls for a “credible fallback”, in case no EU trade deal is reached

    The former governor said no deal was “not the first preference of anybody”. He said the government “probably wasted a year” on its contingency plans.

    The UK needs a “credible fallback” in case no EU trade deal is reached during Brexit negotiations, former Bank of England governor Mervyn King has said. Lord King said British negotiators needed to show Brussels the country has an alternative over a bad trade deal post-Brexit.

  • Saturday, August 5th 2017 - 08:21 UTC

    Ireland calls for “unique solutions” to preserve UK/EU relations after Brexit

    On his first official visit to Ulster, Varadkar raised the possibility of a bilateral UK/EU customs union; he described Brexit as “the challenge of this generation”.

    Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has called for “unique solutions” to preserve the relationship between the UK and the European Union after Brexit. On his first official visit to Northern Ireland, he raised the possibility of a bilateral UK-EU customs union, and described Brexit as “the challenge of this generation”.

  • Friday, August 4th 2017 - 08:35 UTC

    Brexit uncertainty pounding the economy says Bank of England governor

    ”It's evident...that uncertainties about the eventual relationship (with EU) are weighing on the decisions of some businesses”, said Mark Carney

    The governor of the Bank of England has warned that uncertainty over Brexit is already weighing on the economy. Mark Carney's comments came as the Bank voted to hold rates and cut growth forecasts. It edged this year's growth forecast down to 1.7% from its previous forecast of 1.9% made in May and also cut the forecast for 2018 from 1.7% to 1.6%.

  • Wednesday, August 2nd 2017 - 08:36 UTC

    Lord Hague supports Hammond for pushing for a Brexit transitional deal

    The ex-foreign secretary indicated the Chancellor deserves credit for pushing for a transitional deal which preserves close ties to Brussels

    Philip Hammond has been backed by former Tory leader Lord Hague amid ongoing Cabinet tensions about the approach to Brexit. The ex-foreign secretary said the Chancellor deserves credit for pushing for a transitional deal which preserves close ties to Brussels, giving time for a new trading relationship to be established and avoiding turning Brexit into a “disaster”.

  • Tuesday, August 1st 2017 - 21:39 UTC

    The United Kingdom Needs More Europe, Not Less

    Mike Gapes Labour MP

    By Mike Gapes (*) For the future security and stability of our country, our continent and the world this is the worst possible moment for the UK to be leaving the European Union. Unfortunately, we are planning to leave our European partners at a time when there is going to be less and less agreement amongst the most important countries about how to deal with current and emerging global problems.

  • Tuesday, August 1st 2017 - 18:39 UTC

    EU Banking and Medicine authorities moving out of UK

    The Irish government is marketing Dublin, with a brochure that highlights the city's business culture as well as “beaches and mountains on its doorstep”.

    An estimated twenty European Union countries are expected to submit bids to provide a new home for two agencies that will be relocated from the UK after Brexit. The European Banking Authority (EBA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA), based in Canary Wharf in London, employ just over 1,000 staff between them.

  • Tuesday, August 1st 2017 - 07:24 UTC

    PM May's office denies freedom of movement will continue once UK leaves EU

    Downing Street moved to make clear free movement will end when the UK leaves. It said: “It would be wrong to suggest it... will continue as it is now.”

    Suggestions that freedom of movement will continue after the United Kingdom leaves the EU are wrong, Downing Street has said. Last Friday, Chancellor Philip Hammond warned full controls could take “some time”, prompting speculation free movement may continue in all but name after the UK leaves in March 2019.