Tag: Brexit deal

• Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 08:34 UTC

  Ireland is getting Brexit-ready and has earmarked funds in next year's budget

  

  Ireland is stepping up preparations for physical infrastructure at ports and airports after Brexit, premier Leo Varadkar said. Irish ministers held detailed discussions in Dublin on Tuesday surrounding the hiring of customs officers and veterinary inspectors as well as the upgrading of IT systems.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 08:25 UTC

  Gibraltar Chief Minister confident UK/EU “moments away” from withdrawal agreement

  

  Gibraltar, the UK and the EU are “moments away” from agreeing the terms of a protocol to include Gibraltar in any Withdrawal Agreement and transitional arrangements reached between the UK and the EU, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said on Monday.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 08:18 UTC

  Brexit summit: “no ground for optimism”, says Tusk; “stand together and firm” PM May tells cabinet

  

  Donald Tusk has poured cold water on hopes of a Brexit breakthrough at Wednesday's EU summit, saying the Irish border was still a sticking point. The European Council president said he had “no grounds for optimism” it would be solved at the summit and called on Theresa May to come up with “concrete proposals” to break the “impasse”.

• Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 08:45 UTC

  Critical hours for Brexit and Theresa May ahead of Wednesday EU summit

  

  Theresa May will try to rally ministers behind her this morning at the start of a critical 48 hours for Brexit. On Monday, the PM told MPs an agreement with the EU was “still achievable” despite differences over the Irish border if “cool heads” prevailed. EU officials, though, have warned no-deal is “more likely than ever before”.

• Friday, October 12th 2018 - 08:38 UTC

  A no-deal Brexit a “disaster” for Spain's tourism industry

  

  A no-deal Brexit would be “a disaster” for Spain, the country’s UK tourism chief has warned. Javier Pinanes, director of Spain’s tourist office in London, acknowledged that travel disruption caused by the UK and the European Union failing to negotiate an agreement would be “a really big problem”.

• Friday, October 12th 2018 - 08:29 UTC

  UK cabinet ministers concerned about potential compromises with EU over Brexit

  

  UK government cabinet ministers raised concerns about potential compromises with the EU over Brexit at a No 10 meeting on Thursday. According to London media reports Liam Fox, Michael Gove and Dominic Raab expressed concern the whole of the UK could remain in the customs union for an open-ended period.

• Tuesday, October 9th 2018 - 08:48 UTC

  UK waters down Brexit deal expectations: “big issues” remain to be resolved

  

  Downing Street has played down expectations of agreement on Britain’s withdrawal from the EU at a crunch summit next week, warning that “big issues” remain to be resolved. Theresa May’s official spokesman said further concessions were needed from the EU side, and warned that no withdrawal agreement could be sealed without a “precise” declaration about the post-Brexit relationship.

• Thursday, October 4th 2018 - 08:23 UTC

  Juncker insists the EU wants a deal with the UK, despite all the bitter exchanges

  

  European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has issued a fresh warning to Theresa May that there must be agreement on the Irish border if she wants a Brexit deal.

• Thursday, October 4th 2018 - 08:16 UTC

  EU drafting new partnership terms with UK, including the Ireland border issue

  

  Unworkable”, “unacceptable”, “impasse”, are some of the words used to describe Brexit talks between Britain and the European Union do little to temper concerns that the two are heading for a chaotic divorce. But behind the scenes, both sides are preparing concessions as part of what one British official called “a constructive dialogue” that could yet lead to a deal.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2018 - 08:35 UTC

  “UK would leave without a deal rather than be bullied into a one-sided agreement”

  

  Dominic Raab, the British minister responsible for Brexit has told the EU to “get real” and reach a deal with the UK, and said EU chiefs had disrespected Theresa May with “jibes” at a recent summit. Raab underlined that the UK would leave without a deal rather than be “bullied” into signing a “one-sided” arrangement.