Tag: European Union

• Tuesday, September 8th 2020 - 08:48 UTC

  Johnson calls for “more realism”, ahead of a new round of EU/UK post Brexit trade talks

  

  Britain demanded “more realism” from the European Union on Monday ahead of crucial post-Brexit trade talks, but the mood was soured by reports that London was looking to rewrite an agreement the two sides had already signed.

• Monday, September 7th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  France to UK: Brexit negotiator Barnier is not stepping down or being sidelined

  

  France denied the European Union's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier was about to be sidelined by EU leaders in a bid to break the deadlock in trade talks, as reported by British newspaper the Daily Telegraph.

• Monday, September 7th 2020 - 07:43 UTC

  Johnson promoting the idea that if UK/EU talks don't advance, “both sides should accept it and move on”, says FT

  

  The British government is planning legislation that will override key parts of the Brexit withdrawal agreement, risking the collapse of trade negotiations with Brussels, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

• Friday, September 4th 2020 - 09:08 UTC

  Arctic Circle wildfires carbon pollution reaches record levels, EU Earth program

  

  This year's Arctic Circle wildfires, still ablaze, have already surpassed the record set in 2019 for CO2 emissions, adding to the carbon pollution humanity needs to curtail, the European Union's Earth observation program said on Thursday.

• Friday, August 28th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  UK has raised Falklands' interest in the post-Brexit negotiations with EU

  

  Falkland Islands' lawmakers in a recent visit to London completed a round of talks with Foreign Office and other UK government officials to address several issues of interest, Brexit/EU talks, including fisheries, trade, and the current Argentine government aggressive diplomacy towards the Islands, among other points.

• Friday, August 21st 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  UK/EU Brexit talks now include the unwanted migrants crossing the English channel

  

  The European Union has so far rebuffed British calls for talks on a deal to allow London to send unwanted migrants back to Europe from 2021, and could use the issue as potential leverage in wider Brexit negotiations, diplomats and officials said.

• Saturday, August 15th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  European Union agrees to buy 300 million doses of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine

  

  The European Union has agreed to buy at least 300 million doses of AstraZeneca's potential COVID-19 vaccine in its first such advance purchase deal, which could weaken plans led by the World Health Organization (WHO) for a global approach.

• Friday, July 24th 2020 - 08:53 UTC

  EU agrees on common hygiene standards on planes and airports

  

  European Union states have agreed on common hygiene standards such as social distancing and wearing face masks on planes and at airports to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus, German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer said on Thursday

• Monday, July 20th 2020 - 09:59 UTC

  EU's “Frugal Five” blocking of recovery plan, anticipates difficulties to finalize accord with Mercosur

  

  The emergence of the so-called “Frugal Five” led by Austria and Netherlands, has blocked so far the European Union recovery plan, with a massive injection of funds, and forebodes hard times to finally reach the implementation of an EU trade agreement with Mercosur.

• Thursday, July 16th 2020 - 06:32 UTC

  London to announce the return of EU reclaimed regulatory powers to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

  

  Britain will publish plans this Thursday to keep trade flowing freely between its constituent nations when regulatory powers are reclaimed from the European Union at the end of the year and redistributed to devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.