Tag: European Union

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2017 - 09:43 UTC

  Spain supports deal for British expatriates to remain following Brexit

  

  Spain will support a Brexit deal that allows British expatriates to remain on the Costas with their benefits intact, including access to healthcare, it was reported. According to The Times, Madrid would “in principle” favour an agreement that would allow Britons living in Spain and other parts of the EU to retain existing rights.

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2017 - 09:32 UTC

  Goldman Sachs moving jobs from London to the European Union

  

  Goldman Sachs will move jobs away from London and bulk up its European presence by “hundreds of people”, a senior executive has said. The US bank's European chief executive, Richard Gnodde, said it would begin the process before the UK leaves the European Union.

• Tuesday, March 21st 2017 - 06:55 UTC

  UK will notify withdrawal from EU on 29 March; talks expected to begin in May

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May will trigger EU withdrawal talks under Article 50 on March 29, Downing Street has announced. The Prime Minister’s letter officially notifying the European Council of the UK’s intention to quit will set in train a two-year negotiation process expected to lead to Britain leaving the EU on 29 March 2019.

• Monday, March 20th 2017 - 12:22 UTC

  Tony Blair insists Labour must work to remain in the EU

  

  Tony Blair has said Labour must back staying in the European Union to “recover its strategic grip on affairs and be competitive”. The former prime minister said he was not being disloyal, but that it is simply not credible to pretend that his party’s position is anything other than “serious”.

• Friday, March 17th 2017 - 06:27 UTC

  UK government rejects Scottish independence referendum: “now is not the time”

  

  The UK government is to reject calls for a Scottish independence referendum before Brexit after Theresa May said “now is not the time”. The prime minister said the focus should be on getting the best Brexit deal for the whole of the UK.

• Thursday, March 16th 2017 - 05:58 UTC

  Relief in Europe: “Netherlands said No to the wrong kind of populism”, Dutch PM Rutte claims victory

  

  Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday claimed a dominating parliamentary election victory over anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, who failed the year's first litmus test for populism in Europe. Provisional results with over half the votes counted suggested Rutte's party won 32 seats in the 150-member legislature, 13 more than Wilders' party, which took only third place with 19 seats. The surging CDA Christian Democrats claimed 20.

• Thursday, March 16th 2017 - 05:37 UTC

  Scotland will be out of the EU either with UK or independent, PM May tells SNP leader

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May has claimed that Scotland will be leaving the European Union regardless of whether or not it votes for independence. Speaking during an exchange with the SNP's Angus Robertson, Theresa May also warned against “constitutional game-playing”.

• Wednesday, March 15th 2017 - 07:26 UTC

  Scottish support for independence at its highest, but EU popularity has fallen

  

  Support for Scottish independence is at its highest-ever level, according to an academic study, but the Scottish Social Attitudes survey also suggested the popularity of the European Union has fallen. The researchers said this suggested focusing on EU membership may not be the best way to swing more voters towards independence.

• Monday, March 13th 2017 - 08:30 UTC

  EU should be “open and generous” to UK citizens, says European Parliament leader

  

  British citizens should be able to choose to keep various benefits of EU membership including the freedom of movement after Brexit, the European Parliament’s chief negotiator has said. Guy Verhofstadt said he hoped to convince European leaders to allow Britons to keep certain rights if they apply for them on an individual basis.

• Monday, March 13th 2017 - 08:21 UTC

  Commons vote on Brexit bill; MPs are asked “not to tie the prime minister's hands”

  

  UK secretary David Davis has urged MPs to back the Brexit bill and insisted the UK would be prepared, if it has to leave the EU with no deal in place. The Brexit secretary urged MPs not to “tie the prime minister's hands” over MPs getting a final vote on the deal and on EU citizens' rights in the UK.