Tag: European Union

Thursday, April 12th 2018 - 07:20 UTC
EC president furious with Brexit: “only a united Europe can be a sovereign Europe”

European Council President Donald Tusk has said Brexit makes him furious, and called on Europe to unite during a speech in Dublin. The statesman warned it would take very little time to demolish the structures of peace and unity built up in the continent.
Wednesday, April 11th 2018 - 08:57 UTC
The paperwork challenge for British business after Brexit

Diverging from European Union rules after Brexit will mean more costs than benefits for British business, a report by the CBI employers' group says. In a survey of 23 industry sectors, the vast majority preferred continued close alignment with EU regulations.
Tuesday, April 10th 2018 - 09:09 UTC
Sharing cash for farmers, one of the biggest post Brexit challenge, say experts

Quitting the European Union means the UK will have to go back to the drawing board over devolution, constitutional experts have warned. Wrangles over sharing out cash for farmers will be one of the biggest challenges ministers face, according to the Institute for Government (IfG).
Saturday, April 7th 2018 - 08:11 UTC
Spain hopes to reach an agreement with UK over Gibraltar by next October

Spain hopes to reach an agreement with the UK over Gibraltar by the summer, its foreign minister has said. Alfonso Dastis said Spain would “defend our position” but the two sides were “working towards” an agreement as soon as possible. The UK says “informal” talks are going on about Gibraltar's post-Brexit future with Spain.
Wednesday, March 21st 2018 - 07:07 UTC
Mercosur “blocks” talks on auto exports and government procurement contracts, claims EU

European officials said this week that significant obstacles remain to a long-delayed trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur, even as South American officials expressed optimism a deal would be finalized soon.
Tuesday, March 20th 2018 - 10:44 UTC
UK and EU agree on a “large part” of Brexit's implementation period, but issues remain

UK and EU have agreed on a “large part” of the agreement that will lead to the “orderly withdrawal” of the UK. Negotiators Michel Barnier and David Davis said the deal on what the UK calls the implementation period was a “decisive step” in the Brexit process, although some of the issues still to be resolved include the Northern Ireland border.
Tuesday, March 20th 2018 - 07:35 UTC
UK/EU transition includes Gibraltar, but Spain retains veto power

The UK and the European Union have agreed the terms of a transition deal that covers Gibraltar but also maintains Spain’s controversial veto, according to a report from the Gibraltar Chronicle. Gibraltar is included within the territorial scope of a draft withdrawal agreement that also sets out arrangements to smooth the UK’s departure from the bloc after March 2019.
Friday, March 16th 2018 - 10:38 UTC
Three Caribbean nations blacklisted as tax havens by the European Union

European Union (EU) finance ministers have added the Bahamas, the US Virgin Islands and St Kitts and Nevis to a tax haven blacklist, while removing St Lucia from the list. And Trinidad and Tobago remains on the list which was created last December.
Wednesday, March 14th 2018 - 09:37 UTC
UK will come to regret its decision to leave the EU, says Juncker

The UK will come to regret its decision to leave the European Union, Brussels’ top official has claimed. European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said things “cannot remain as they are” for the UK in its relationship with the EU after leaving the bloc.
Wednesday, March 14th 2018 - 09:27 UTC
German industry want UK in a customs union after Brexit

German firms ideally want the UK to stay in a customs union after Brexit, a powerful German industry group says. BDI said it would prefer a deep form of integration between Britain and the EU after Brexit. It had previously said the integrity of the single market for remaining European Union member states should be a priority.