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Montevideo, April 25th 2024 - 14:13 UTC

Tag: EU customs union

  • Thursday, October 25th 2018 - 08:25 UTC

    Gibraltar prepared and confident on a Withdrawal Agreement from EU

    Picardo briefed peers on the latest developments in respect of Gibraltar and praised the work of PM May and her team in the wider Brexit negotiations

    Gibraltar will step up its contingency planning as from January 1, 2019, if there is no certainty of a Withdrawal Agreement and implementation period by that date, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo told an influential House of Lords select committee. Addressing the EU Select Committee, he also signaled his hope that Gibraltar, the UK and Spain could salvage elements of the Gibraltar negotiations even in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit between the UK and the EU.

  • Thursday, April 19th 2018 - 07:31 UTC

    Theresa May suffered major defeats on Brexit in the House of Lords

    EU Withdrawal Bill amendment, passed by 348 votes to 225, forces government to report to Parliament by Oct. 31 on steps regarding the customs union.

    Prime Minister Theresa May suffered two major defeats on Wednesday after a majority of the upper House of Parliament adopted an amendment supporting continued membership in the EU customs union after Brexit. The amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill, which passed by 348 votes to 225, forces the government to report to Parliament by Oct. 31 on what steps it has taken to remain in the customs union.