Tag: Michel Barnier

• Friday, October 11th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  Barnier/Barclay breakfast in Brussels to unlock Brexit following understanding between Johnson and Varadkar

  

  Britain and Europe's top Brexit negotiators sit down together on Friday to test what British and Irish leaders say might be a “pathway” to a deal. Technical talks on an agreement to govern Britain's EU divorce are stalled, just days before what had been billed as a last chance European summit.

• Saturday, September 28th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  Despite talks with UK envoy, EU and Ireland feel chances of a negotiated Brexit deal are fading

  

  Hopes for a negotiated Brexit deal were fading on Friday as EU negotiator Michel Barnier separately met senior British and Irish ministers for another round of inconclusive talks. Britain is due to leave the European Union in less than five weeks.

• Tuesday, September 24th 2019 - 17:14 UTC

  Supreme Court rules suspending Parliament “unlawful”; calls for Johnson to resign; PM insists with fresh election

  

  Britain's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a decision by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to suspend parliament in the run-up to Brexit was “unlawful”, saying it was “void and of no effect”. The 11 judges of the country's highest court were unanimous in their verdict, which they said meant parliament could now immediately reconvene.

• Monday, September 2nd 2019 - 08:57 UTC

  EU reiterates: no changes to the divorce deal agreed with Britain

  

  EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said the bloc will not change the divorce deal agreed with Britain and that he is “not optimistic” of avoiding a no-deal outcome.

• Tuesday, April 9th 2019 - 07:30 UTC

  PM May off to meet Merkel and Macron before EU summit

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday started a last-minute flurry of European diplomacy that includes visits to Paris and Berlin as she prepares for a make-or-break Brexit summit. Still struggling to get her EU divorce deal through parliament, May is hoping European Union leaders will agree on Wednesday to delay Brexit for a second time to stop Britain crashing out of the bloc two days later.

• Wednesday, March 20th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Mrs. May, with a divided cabinet, writes to EU requesting postponing Brexit; she flies to Brussels on Thursday

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May is writing to the EU to formally ask for Brexit to be postponed. One ministerial source told the BBC the longer delay could be up to two years, amid reports of a cabinet row, but No 10 said no decision had been made.

• Saturday, March 9th 2019 - 08:11 UTC

  EU proposes UK a Brexit unilateral option but excluding Northern Ireland

  

  The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier on Friday proposed that Britain could leave the bloc's customs union after the divorce though the offer would not include Northern Ireland which will most probably anger London.

• Wednesday, February 20th 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  Brexit melee: Mrs. May to Brussels to meet Juncker; on Thursday Corbyn talks to Barnier

  

  Theresa May will return to Brussels on Wednesday to continue talks on her Brexit deal. She will meet the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker. Earlier, Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay updated Cabinet on talks with the EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier.

• Thursday, January 31st 2019 - 09:33 UTC

  Irish backstop is “part and parcel” of the UK's Brexit deal and stands as it is

  

  The EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier says the Irish backstop is “part and parcel” of the UK's Brexit deal and will not be renegotiated. Speaking at the European Parliament, Mr Barnier said it was a “realistic solution” to preventing a hard border.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  EU mocks UK parliament: withdrawal agreement debate was “uninhibited by any knowledge” of what it actually contained

  

  There is a high risk of the UK crashing out of the EU without a deal by accident, the EU's deputy chief negotiator Sabine Weyand has said. She added there was “full ownership of what was agreed” in the EU, but “no ownership” of it in the UK Parliament. And it was a challenge to see how a majority for any deal could be built among MPs, she added.