Brexit Negotiator

The EU's deputy Brexit negotiator, Sabine Weyand, will lead the trade unit in the EU commission from June, meaning she would oversee future trade negotiations with the UK, the US and help steer policy towards China. The 54-year old German has raised her profi…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron will lock horns in Brussels on Tuesday as European Union leaders meet to begin bargaining over who will take the bloc’s top jobs for the next five years. An EU-wide el…

Image copyrightAFPImage caption EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is one of those whose jobs is up for grabs EU leaders are heading to Brussels to consider candidates for the organisation's most important jobs in the wake of parliamentary electio…

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Union Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier speak during a plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. (Source: REUTERS/File) European Union leaders meet in Brussels on Tues…

(Bloomberg) -- The failure of populist parties to score a big win in European Parliament elections is likely to dash the hopes of leading contenders to be next U.K. prime minister that Brussels will soften its stance on Brexit. Runners to replace Theresa May…

Posted May 24, 2019 23:52:39 Yes, Theresa May did sign up for this. It could be argued Mrs May knew what she was in for when she took over as Prime Minister from David Cameron. But lesser beings would have caved months or years ago. At every turn she ha…

Ever since the first failure of Theresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement bill in March, the prime minister’s resignation has looked more inevitable than Brexit itself. Fresh off the last failure of the WAB — in which the prime minister couldn’t even secure a vote —…

The European Union's position on the terms of Britain's exit from the bloc has not changed despite British Prime Minister Theresa May announcing her resignation, Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva said. "President Juncker followed Prime Minister May's anno…

Commenting on rumours that the EUs lead Brexit negotiator has been running a shadow campaign to win the blocs top job, as something of a compromise candidate, the French president was generous with praise about Barnier. Undeniably, Michel Barnier is a man wh…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - This weekend’s European Parliament election will usher in a major reshuffle of top jobs in EU institutions. These include presidents of the three political bodies the executive European Commission (currently Jean-Claude Juncker), the Co…