Tag: European Council

• Saturday, November 24th 2018 - 06:06 UTC

  Theresa May optimistic on EU summit to endorse Brexit deal, but Spain remains adamant on Gibraltar

  

  Preparations for a summit to endorse Britain's deal to quit the European Union risked running aground on the rock of Gibraltar on Friday, as Spain defended its veto over the fate of the tiny territory. Britain's PM Theresa May and leaders of the other 27 EU member states are to meet Sunday to approve their divorce agreement and set a course for negotiating their future post-Brexit relationship.

• Sunday, October 28th 2018 - 22:04 UTC

  Europe back into winter time as clock changing moves closer to history books

  

  Europe turned back its clocks Sunday to leave Summer's daylight saving time probably for the last time after a poll this year showed 84% of 4.6 million people favoured the daylight saving time change be abolished.

• 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”.

• 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.

• 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.

• Monday, August 27th 2018 - 08:36 UTC

  A no-deal Brexit poses an “existential threat” for the UK, says ex head of the European Council

  

  A no-deal Brexit could lead to the break-up of the UK, the ex-president of the European Council has warned. Herman Van Rompuy told The Observer leaving the EU without a deal posed an “existential threat” to the UK. He added a no-deal scenario would have a “big impact” on “regions such as Scotland”.

• Tuesday, July 3rd 2018 - 08:27 UTC

  EU/US auto industry dispute intensifies and prepares for worst case scenario

  

  European Union on Monday slammed the Trump administration for considering tariffs on auto imports, saying they could lead to global retaliation against some US$ 300 billion in U.S. goods amid signs of a brewing trade war.

• Friday, March 23rd 2018 - 09:20 UTC

  EU recalls ambassador to Moscow: “highly likely” Russia was responsible for the nerve agent attack in UK

  

  The European Union has recalled its ambassador to Moscow after leaders agreed it was “highly likely” Russia was responsible for a nerve agent attack in the UK. In a statement following an evening of talks in Brussels, the European Council of EU leaders agreed “there is no plausible alternative explanation”.

• Thursday, March 1st 2018 - 09:58 UTC

  Theresa May meets Donald Tusk before her major post-Brexit speech on Friday

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May will meet top EU official Donald Tusk this Thursday, 24 hours before a major speech on British relations with the bloc after Brexit. Her talks with the European Council president come amid tensions over the EU's draft withdrawal treaty.

• Saturday, February 24th 2018 - 07:54 UTC

  UK's approach to next stage of negotiations bases on “pure illusion”, says Tusk

  

  UK's approach to the next stage of Brexit negotiations seems to be based on “pure illusion”, Donald Tusk says. The European Council president told a news conference in Brussels that the UK was still trying to “cherry pick” its future relationship with the EU.