Brexit

Jeremy Corbyn, who has led the Labour Party to defeat in two general elections, finally steps down as leader on Saturday. The hot favourite to succeed him is Shadow Brexit Secretary, Keir Starmer.The new leader of the opposition Labour Party will be revealed on Saturday, 4 April, and the betting…

Brussels (AFP) - The European Union has faced and survived a series of existential threats over the years but the coronavirus epidemic has exposed old wounds that could yet prove fatal.A debt crisis in Mediterranean countries, a series of refugee influxes and the ongoing saga on Brexit all rattled the…

Throughout history, immigration has been fundamental to our socio-economic and cultural progress. Similarly, fear of what immigrants may take from, rather than bring to, the country remains pervasive – and ongoing debates about immigration continue to be antagonistic and discriminatory. One hundred years ago, immigration was controlled by the 1905…

The current pandemic has revealed that despite overwhelming wealth, scientific advancement and relative security, the Western world has literally been brought to its knees by an unlikely foe: COVID-19. The world is witnessing in amazement the image of Western governments—ones that they believed to have had the strength to offer…

Germany and the Netherlands will lead opposition to issuing joint bonds to help revive the European Union economy from a deep slump caused by the coronavirus when the bloc’s national leaders discuss emergency assistance on Thursday (26 March). Nine EU countries including France, Italy and Spain have called for mutualised…

View photosA container and barriers block a backroad used by locals on the Netherlands border with Belgium between Chaam, southern Netherlands, and Meerle, northern Belgium, Monday, March 23, 2020. Both countries have come to a near standstill as their governments sought to prevent the further spread of coronavirus. For most…

Introduction If the botched effort to reach agreement over the next long-term EU budget and the muddled response to the new coronavirus outbreak are any indication, post-Brexit political dynamics in Europe will not be smooth sailing. There was a strong consensus among the union’s twenty-seven remaining member states during the…

Boris Johnson speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, January 15, 2020. | House of Commons/PA. All rights reserved. The Westminster parliament is sovereign. As a result, the UK is almost unique in not having a codified constitution with entrenched provisions. Parliament can enact legislation on any…

(Bloomberg) --It’s taken weeks of calls and letters to the Trump administration to get a response over potential tariff reductions as the coronavirus outbreak threatened to snuff out countless small- and medium-sized U.S. businesses.American companies, and importers in particular, on Wednesday once again pleaded with President Donald Trump to allow…

The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has the coronavirus, he announced on Thursday (19 March). “I tested positive yesterday for Covid-19. I’m as well as I can be, strictly confined to my home,” Barnier, 69, said in a video posted on his Twitter account. “I’m fine, morale is good,”…