Tag: Brexit

• Friday, September 28th 2018 - 08:29 UTC

  UK Secretary of State for Scotland in Chile to reinforce bilateral relations

  

  David Mundell MP, Secretary of State for Scotland is currently in Chile where he arrived on Wednesday to reinforce the existing close links between the UK and Chile, including trade, science and innovation, defense and green growth.

• Friday, September 28th 2018 - 08:23 UTC

  EC calls for calm as deadline for a possible UK withdrawal enters critical phase

  

  A spokesman for the European Commission said calmness not drama was needed during the critical end phase of negotiating a withdrawal agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom.

• Thursday, September 27th 2018 - 08:40 UTC

  With post-Brexit in mind Scottish Secretary begins a UK trade tour to Uruguay and Chile

  

  The Scottish Secretary David Mundell started a four-day trade mission to South America, where he will be meeting politicians and business leaders in Uruguay and Chile. Mr. Mundell will be promoting trade links on the visit undertaken on behalf of the UK Government’s Board of Trade, and will be looking into how UK can support new post-EU trade opportunities in South America, promoting Scotland as a great exporter and the UK being open for business.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 14:38 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government Attends UK Party Political Conferences 2018

  

  The Falkland Islands Government is attending and exhibiting at both the Conservative and Labour Party conferences, to represent Falkland Islanders’ views and to thank delegates for their continued support. This includes both Gov-ernment and Opposition politicians, along with the wider general public.

• Monday, September 24th 2018 - 09:18 UTC

  Brexit: Labour conference expected to vote keeping “all options on the table”

  

  British Labour party members are to vote on keeping “all options on the table” on Brexit, including possibly campaigning for a new referendum at their conference. Party power brokers have agreed on the wording for Tuesday's motion on what the party should do about Brexit if it cannot get a general election.

• Saturday, September 22nd 2018 - 08:47 UTC

  New battle front for Brexit: revocation of Article 50 addressed to the European Court

  

  The European Court will be asked if the UK can unilaterally revoke its Article 50 request to leave the European Union, following a “bombshell” ruling from Scotland’s highest court. In what campaigners described as a “case that could decide the fate of the nation”, the Court of Session in Edinburgh announced it would refer the question on to the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU).

• Saturday, September 22nd 2018 - 08:43 UTC

  Compromise over Brexit is “still possible” says Tusk, while PM May demanded more respect from the EU

  

  European Council President Donald Tusk has said a compromise with the UK over Brexit is “still possible”, after Theresa May warned she was prepared to walk away from talks. In a statement, Mr. Tusk said he was a “true admirer” of the PM.

• Saturday, September 22nd 2018 - 07:08 UTC

  Trichet: Brexit will hit harder the UK than the EU, and “it is totally contrary to the new world”

  

  Brexit will have a bigger economic impact on the UK than the European Union, the former head of the European Central Bank has told BBC Radio 5 Live. Jean-Claude Trichet added the break-up was “totally contrary to the new world” of large emerging economies, with single currencies and single markets.

• Friday, September 21st 2018 - 08:55 UTC

  Dead end for Brexit/Salzburg discussions; October “moment of truth” for an agreement

  

  Theresa May's proposed new economic partnership with the EU “will not work”, the head of the European Council has said. Speaking at the end for an EU summit in Salzburg where leaders of the 27 remaining member states discussed Brexit, Donald Tusk said the plans risked undermining the EU's single market.

• Friday, September 21st 2018 - 08:51 UTC

  Spain confident of an agreement on Gibraltar by October, says PM Sanchez

  

  The Spanish Government hopes to reach agreement on Gibraltar’s post-Brexit relations with Spain and the EU by October against the backdrop of the UK’s wider withdrawal negotiations, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday.