Tag: European Union

• Monday, May 29th 2017 - 08:28 UTC

  Merkel calls on Europe “to fight for its own destiny”, forget US and UK

  

  Europe can no longer “completely depend” on the US and UK following the election of President Trump and Brexit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said. Mrs. Merkel said she wanted friendly relations with both countries as well as Russia but Europe now had to “fight for its own destiny”.

• Wednesday, May 17th 2017 - 10:23 UTC

  European Court of Justice ruling could complicate post-Brexit EU/UK trade deal

  

  A new decision in the European Court of Justice could complicate Theresa May’s task of securing a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU. The Luxembourg-based court has ruled that a free trade deal reached with Singapore in 2013 must be ratified by member states.

• Tuesday, May 16th 2017 - 07:13 UTC

  Macron and Merkel's “joint conviction” of the need to “deepen the European Union”

  

  France's new president, Emmanuel Macron, has called for a “historic reconstruction” of Europe, saying it is “the only reaction” to fight populism. Speaking in Berlin on the first full day of his presidency, he was joined by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who said the pair had a “joint conviction” that they needed to “deepen the European Union”.

• Thursday, May 11th 2017 - 10:17 UTC

  Milestone ruling in Europe: parents of EU children have the right to residence

  

  Non-EU citizens may have the right to residence in the EU if their children are EU citizens, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. The case refers to a woman from Venezuela who had a child with a Dutch citizen from whom she has since legally separated. She was denied social welfare and child benefit payments by Dutch authorities.

• Friday, May 5th 2017 - 10:32 UTC

  Goldman Sachs warns Brexit could stall London's dominant financial position

  

  The chief executive of Goldman Sachs has warned that Brexit could see international banks reducing their footprint in Britain, and signaled the US firm has contingency plans in place to move staff out of the UK and into the EU.

• Friday, May 5th 2017 - 08:00 UTC

  Gibraltar reacts to Spain's neo-colonial ambitions taking advantage of Brexit

  

  Gibraltar Chief Minister has reacted to the Spanish Foreign Ministry's Brexit document planning changes to the Rock’s economic status, saying that as usual, the welfare of its own people hasn't got in the way of Spain's neo-colonial ambitions over Gibraltar.

• Thursday, May 4th 2017 - 05:01 UTC

  Theresa May accuses EU officials of trying to influence UK election with veiled “threats”

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday accused European Union officials of trying to influence the outcome of United Kingdom's general election through veiled “threats.”

• Wednesday, May 3rd 2017 - 06:06 UTC

  UK Theresa May boasts being a “bloody difficult woman” ahead of Brexit talks

  

  UK Prime Minster Theresa May has boasted about being a “bloody difficult woman” amid reports of a clash with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker over Brexit. Mrs. May insisted “a lot” of the leaked account of a difficult Downing Street dinner between the two sides was “Brussels gossip”.

• Sunday, April 30th 2017 - 09:22 UTC

  “Plainly obvious” EU would include Spain's Gibraltar veto in Brexit negotiating guidelines

  

  European leaders have endorsed a joint negotiating position on Brexit, including the controversial Spanish veto over the application of any future U.K./EU trade deal to Gibraltar. The 27 remaining members states formally agreed their talks strategy at a special European Council meeting in Brussels.

• Wednesday, April 26th 2017 - 08:39 UTC

  Brexit key players: Theresa May, Juncker and Barnier meet at Downing Street

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May will on Wednesday hold talks with EU Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker and chief negotiator Michel Barnier, ahead of a summit to set the bloc's Brexit “red lines”. In the first such meeting between the three key players, they will discuss the upcoming negotiations on Britain's withdrawal from the European Union over dinner at May's Downing Street residence.