Tag: European Union

• Friday, April 29th 2016 - 06:27 UTC

  ''Vote Leave'' Chair says leaving the EU will not affect UK protection of Overseas Territories

  

  Withdrawal from the European Union will not affect the protection the UK provides for its overseas territories, the chair of Vote Leave, Gisela Stuart, has told MPs in the House of Commons.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2016 - 08:28 UTC

  Brexit impact on Falklands could be ''catastrophic” for the economy and might encourage Argentina

  

  If Britain finally leaves the European Union it might encourage Argentina to be more aggressive, according to Sukey Cameron, Falkland Islands government representative in London interviewed by The Telegraph political correspondent Ben Riley-Smith.

• Wednesday, April 20th 2016 - 06:15 UTC

  Bank of England says it has a duty to talk about the Brexit referendum

  

  It is the Bank's duty to talk about the European Union referendum risks, argues the Bank of England governor Mark Carney, dismissing accusations the Bank is too political. The referendum takes place on 23 June and has become highly controversial.

• Monday, April 18th 2016 - 10:12 UTC

  Brexit referendum campaign took off on Friday, ten weeks ahead of June 23

  

  Campaigning in Britain's Brexit referendum officially started on Friday, ten weeks ahead of a vote that will hand Britons their first chance to have their say on Europe since 1975. With opinion polls suggesting the British public are deeply divided on whether to stay in the EU, the Leave campaign's biggest name -- charismatic London mayor Boris Johnson -- will lead its “Brexit blitz” with rallies on the weekend in northern cities.

• Monday, April 18th 2016 - 10:00 UTC

  Labour leader Corbyn will vote for Remain and Reform in the Brexit referendum

  

  British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn this week made his most impassioned plea for Britain to stay in Europe, saying the socialist case for the EU had dispelled his long-held suspicion of the bloc. Labour leader Corbyn, who voted against EU membership in a 1975 referendum, said he was now a supporter of the protections it offered workers, consumers and the environment.

• Friday, April 15th 2016 - 09:19 UTC

  EU parliament approves strict Passenger Name Record for airlines

  

  The European Union Parliament approved on Thursday the directive regulating the use of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data in the EU for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime. It will oblige airlines to hand national authorities passengers' data for all flights from third countries to the EU and vice versa.

• Friday, April 15th 2016 - 05:22 UTC

  IMF and World Bank target Brexit: 'the most serious downside risk' for the global economy

  

  A British exit from the European Union would pose “serious downside risks” to an already slowing global economy, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday.

• Saturday, April 9th 2016 - 14:59 UTC

  Panama Papers: EU warning; questions why no US or German prominent names have surfaced

  

  A European Union official threatened to sanction Panama and other nations if they don’t cooperate fully to fight money laundering and tax evasion, after a leak of data showed the small country remains a key destination for people who want to hide money.

• Friday, April 8th 2016 - 07:12 UTC

  Irish beef farmers strongly reject accord with Mercosur; protest letter to Trade Commissioner Malmstrom

  

  The Irish Farmers' Association has described an European Union offer to allow limited access to the EU market for Mercosur beef producers as “unfair”. The offer, which includes beef producers in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, is about to be presented to European Union member states for discussion, ahead of a proposed formal exchange of offers as part of the EU-Mercosur trade negotiations in May.

• Thursday, April 7th 2016 - 08:49 UTC

  Britain's choice: economic security with the EU, or a leap into the dark

  

  By PM David Cameron - Prime Minister David Cameron wrote an article on the UK's economic security within the EU for The Telegraph. Imagine a world where a British airline wasn’t allowed to fly between Rome and Paris; where British farmers were slapped with a tariff if they wanted to export more beef to Europe; and where great British telecoms companies and car manufacturers faced new barriers when trying to sell their goods and services to customers in Europe.