Brexit

The Week’s daily round-up highlights the five best opinion pieces from across the British and international media, with excerpts from each.1. Stephen Daisley in The Spectatoron the Kremlin’s plans for the unionWhy Putin wants Scottish independence“ Britain would either be disarmed or humiliated and Nato would face losing one of its…

Thinktank says high streets should be used for housing crisis The UK’s high streets could be transformed into housing, according to a thinktank. The Social Market Foundation said the UK cannot “turn the clock back” to a time before online shopping, particularly after internet retail gathered pace during the Covid-19…

UK19:00 GMT 28.06.2020(updated 19:11 GMT 28.06.2020) Get short URLAs the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, it is looking to pursue trade agreements independently of the bloc. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, despite previously lauding positive relations with China, is facing growing demands to look elsewhere for trading opportunities.Boris Johnson has…

FILE PHOTO: Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in LondonBy John Chalmers and Elizabeth PiperBRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - Leaders from Britain and the European Union agreed on Monday that talks on their future relationship should be stepped up to clinch a deal, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggesting an agreement could…

UK abandons plans for full border checks on EU goods after pressure from businesses already suffering from coronavirus impactGovernment has accepted firms can't cope with leaving EU and coronavirusLight-touch regime at ports like Dover may be introduced after transition periodThis would happen under both a deal and no-deal scenarioBut the…

Image copyright Getty Images British firms do not have the resilience to cope with a no-deal Brexit after the battering of the coronavirus crisis, according to the outgoing boss of industry body the CBI.Carolyn Fairbairn said a CBI member had likened a no-deal to "setting the shed on fire" while…

A credible federal fiscal capacity, as Alexander Hamilton negotiated for the fledgling US, would ensure the euro’s long-term survival. But before Europe achieves anything close to federalism, it must survive a potential “Fort Sumter” moment – that is, a backlash comparable to the 1861 attack by Confederates that marked the…

Flight hostess wearing PPE gives directions to passengers the first day of reopening of Milan ... Malpensa Airport after the lockdown on June 03, 2020. Getty Images In the coming days, the European Union is going to launch a website and smartphone app to tell its citizens where they can…

Brexit! So you thought it had happened? Not exactly. Britain may have left the EU, but its crucial future trading relations with the bloc are still being discussed, and in an unproductive and acrimonious way.Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, has popped up in a Sunday newspaper warning Boris Johnson…

Although any joint EU action should be welcomed, the current COVID-19 response plan hardly amounts to a radical break with business as usual. Far from a long-awaited embrace of debt mutualization, the newly proposed European recovery fund risks being both politically unpalatable and economically inadequate. NEW YORK – This past…