Tag: European Union

• Saturday, December 26th 2020 - 09:19 UTC

  EU expected to unanimously support the massive free trade deal struck with UK

  

  European Union ambassadors were convening to start assessing the massive free-trade deal that the bloc struck with Britain, which should begin next week when the acrimonious Brexit divorce process finally comes to an end.

• Saturday, December 26th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  UK/EU Post Brexit deal has many aspects to be hammered out

  

  A day after Britain and the European Union announced a narrow trade deal, Swiss media remain sceptical about its impact. The accord will preserve Britain's zero-tariff and zero-quota access to the bloc's single market of 450 million consumers but will not prevent economic pain and disruption for the UK or for EU member states.

• Wednesday, December 23rd 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Brexit “final push”: EU prepared to yield in fisheries issue but UK proposal “totally unacceptable”

  

  The European Union is making a “final push” to strike a Brexit trade deal with Britain, although there are still deep rifts over fishing rights, the bloc’s chief negotiator said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, December 22nd 2020 - 07:49 UTC

  Following EU approval of Pfizer vaccine, Germany will begin immunization of the elderly on December 27

  

  Germany will begin its first coronavirus vaccinations in care homes for the elderly on Dec. 27, Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Monday. He welcomed the approval of the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech by the European Medicines Agency as a milestone in the fight against the pandemic.

• Monday, December 21st 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  French mayor threatens with a “Falklands' war” if no accord is reached on UK/EU fishing waters

  

  The French Mayor Frederic Couvillier, of the city of Boulogne-sur-Mer, has threatened the UK with a “Falklands War” pertaining the dispute over the fishing waters with the European Union. Furthermore, the mayor warned of the threat of an armed conflict in light of the looming Brexit deadline.

• Friday, December 18th 2020 - 09:17 UTC

  EU inoculation with the BioNtech-Pfizer vaccine forecasted to begin 27 December

  

  Beginning 27 December people across the European Union will be able to get vaccinated against COVID-19, European Commission President Ursula von der Leven announced on Thursday.

• Friday, December 18th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Macron tests positive for Covid-19; track-and-trace among EU leaders

  

  President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday, prompting a track-and-trace effort across Europe following numerous meetings between the French leader and EU heads of government in recent days. Macron, 42, was running France remotely after going into quarantine in the Elysee Palace, the presidency said.

• Friday, December 18th 2020 - 08:14 UTC

  CBI calls on the EU for a customs grace period after Brexit: UK firms “still on the dark”

  

  Britain's biggest business lobby group called on the European Union to delay introducing new customs checks after Brexit because firms haven't had enough time to prepare amid the coronavirus pandemic.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Distrust of Bolsonaro is holding up the EU/Mercosur trade deal, says EU ambassador in Brasilia

  

  Distrust in Europe of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's government is holding up ratification of a trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur, the EU ambassador to Brasilia said.

• Monday, December 14th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  London and Brussels agree on an “extra mile” after an elusive post-Brexit deal

  

  London and Brussels agreed to “go the extra mile” in coming days to try to reach an elusive trade agreement despite missing their latest deadline to avert a turbulent ‘no deal’ exit for Britain from the European Union’s orbit at the end of the month.