Brexit Negotiator

Europe's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has warned European politicians that he has no reason to be optimistic that Brussels and London will agree an orderly divorce.  Mr Barnier's stark assessment came as MEPs said there can be no Brexit deal withou…

Image caption The president of the European Parliament said revisiting the NI-only backstop was an 'act of trust and dialogue' The EU has said it is willing to revisit the proposal of a Northern-Ireland only backstop to break the Brexit deadlock. The head…

The Latest: EU's Barnier awaiting UK proposals on Brexit

BRUSSELS (AP) The incoming president of the European Union's powerful executive arm on Tuesday nominated Irishman Phil Hogan to lead future EU trade talks, which could put him in charge of negotiations with Britain after Brexit. "I think the trade commission…

The European Union has completed contingency preparations for any ‘no-deal’ Brexit, the incoming head of the European Commission said on Tuesday. In unveiling her team to lead the next EU executive, Ursula von der Leyen said she would ask the bloc’s current …

Britain's former Brexit negotiator, Olly Robbins, is to join US bank Goldman Sachs for a six-figure salary. The move was cleared by a UK watchdog, the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, which said it was "unrelated to Mr Robbins' time in office" and…

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LONDON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Former British Prime Minister Theresa May's chief Brexit negotiator Olly Robbins will join Goldman Sachs' investment banking division after a sabbatical, the Cabinet Office said on Tuesday. Robbins, a politically impartial governme…

September 06, 2019  06:05 PM Whatever Brexit might ultimately bring, there are a number of images from this week that will stick in our memories for a long time. We won't forget, for example, that Nicholas Soames, the grandson of Winston Churchill, was expe…

BRUSSELS (AP) As Brexit recriminations reached fever pitch in London Thursday, Britain’s European Union partners are keeping their distance. For weeks, they’ve been waiting for Britain’s new prime minister, Boris Johnson, to make a concrete suggestion on how…