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Montevideo, May 2nd 2024 - 00:31 UTC

Tag: Brexit

  • Wednesday, February 8th 2017 - 10:49 UTC

    Scottish Parliament opposes UK government starting the Brexit process

    Ms Sturgeon predicted the vote would be one of the most significant in the Scottish Parliament since devolution.

    The Scottish Parliament has voted by 90 to 34 to oppose the UK government starting the Brexit process. The Supreme Court ruled last month that there was no legal need for Holyrood to give its consent to the triggering of Article 50, but First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she would let MSPs have a say, despite it being largely symbolic.

  • Wednesday, February 8th 2017 - 10:28 UTC

    British government manages to avoid conditions to the Brexit bill

    Labour and some Tories had pushed for MPs to have a decisive say on the final terms, but the 326 to 293 vote meant the bill remained unchanged.

    The British government has seen off an attempt to add conditions to its Brexit bill as a Conservative rebellion was avoided. MPs rejected a bid by Labour's Chris Leslie to force the government to consult Parliament on the deal struck with the EU before it is finalized. It came after ministers pledged that a “meaningful” vote would be offered.

  • Wednesday, February 8th 2017 - 10:01 UTC

    Falklands attends UKOTs Brexit implications forum in London

    UKOTs representatives with Minister of State The Rt. Hon. Baroness Anelay territories and Minister for Exiting the European Union Robin Walker

    British Overseas Territories representatives, including from the Falkland Islands held a two-day meeting in London to address Brexit implications such as development funds, tariff free fish exports and the right to travel freely through the European Union. The meeting was in the framework of Prime Minister Theresa May's administration initiative to involve all parts of the UK in preparing for the crucial negotiations.

  • Monday, February 6th 2017 - 09:50 UTC

    Post-Brexit UK citizens rights: Rajoy supports reciprocal arrangements for Britons

    Spain’s agreement on the issue is significant as the country hosts the largest number of Britons living abroad in the European Union.

    Theresa May’s hopes for an early deal on the post-Brexit rights of British citizens living in the EU were given a boost as Spain’s Mariano Rajoy backed the plan. The Prime Minister has refused to guarantee the status of EU citizens in the UK unless reciprocal arrangements are made for Britons living on the continent.

  • Saturday, February 4th 2017 - 06:15 UTC

    UK assures Gibraltar about access to financial services market and sovereignty

    Robin Walker repeated the UK’s double-lock commitment to Gibraltar and made clear a discussion about sovereignty “isn’t on the cards”.

    Britain will maintain Gibraltar’s existing access to the UK financial services market and broaden it where possible, a British Government minister told the House of Lords on Thursday, as he insisted sovereignty was “simply not on the table” in the Brexit process.

  • Thursday, February 2nd 2017 - 11:44 UTC

    Parliament backs by clear majority Brexit negotiations

    The European Union Bill was passed by 498 votes to 114, with Labour support. However the SNP, Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats opposed the bill

    MPs have voted by a majority of 384 to allow Prime Minister Theresa May to get Brexit negotiations under way. They backed the government's European Union Bill, supported by the Labour leadership, by 498 votes to 114. However the SNP, Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats opposed the bill, while 47 Labour MPs and Tory ex-chancellor Ken Clarke rebelled

  • Thursday, February 2nd 2017 - 10:32 UTC

    White Paper on Brexit planning to be released on Thursday, announces PM May

    May said that the White Paper will include the government’s approach to the statuses of both EU nationals living in the U.K. and British citizens living in the EU (AP)

    Prime Minister Theresa May has confirmed that Downing Street will publish a white paper on Brexit planning on Thursday. Speaking from the dispatch box at Prime Minister's Questions, May confirmed the arrival of the paper in response to a question from Tory backbencher Maria Miller.

  • Wednesday, February 1st 2017 - 08:47 UTC

    Parliament expected to support bill to open way for Brexit negotiations

    Politicians made impassioned speeches for and against the bill, which, if passed, will allow Mrs. May to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty

    British Members of Parliament are to vote later whether to give Theresa May the power to get Brexit negotiations under way. The government is expected to win, with most Conservative and Labour MPs set to back its European Union Bill.

  • Tuesday, January 31st 2017 - 21:14 UTC

    House of Commons begins two-day debate on Brexit formal process

    Discussions on the European Union Bill have been extended to midnight on Tuesday to accommodate more speakers, with a vote to take place on Wednesday.

    British MPs are to begin on Tuesday two days of debate over the government's parliamentary bill to get the formal process of Brexit under way. Discussions on the European Union Bill have been extended to midnight on Tuesday to accommodate more speakers, with a vote to take place on Wednesday.

  • Friday, January 27th 2017 - 10:59 UTC

    Spain will not put Gibraltar at the centre of Brexit negotiations

    “The situation is actually very clear and there is nothing for us to ask for: The UK leaves the EU and Gibraltar leaves the EU”, Dastis Quecedo told the FT

    Spain will not put Gibraltar at the centre of Brexit negotiations, the country’s Foreign Minister, Alfonso Dastis Quecedo, said in an interview with the Financial Times. Dastis Quecedo told the newspaper that the EU should start trade talks with Britain relatively soon and had no plan to impose a “punitive” Brexit deal that would weaken London as a financial centre.