Brexit

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…

Ahead of this week’s key Brexit negotiations between the UK and the European Union (EU) diplomats, The Telegraph came out with the news suggesting further hardships for both the ends in agreeing over the trade relations during 2021. Key quotes Britain has accused the EU of wanting to string out…

Seven months ago, Nissan wasn’t feeling too bullish about Brexit. If Britain crashed out of Europe without an agreement, the car giant’s entire operation would “be in jeopardy”, regional bosses warned.  Today, despite the enduring threat of no-deal, they’re sounding an awful lot less downbeat. Nissan’s Sunderland plant in northeast…

The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, threatened that if the United Kingdom does not capitulate to “more realistic demands” then the EU will forgo further negotiations in favour of a no-deal Brexit. The French eurocrat accused Britain of “cherry-picking” in Brexit negotiations. “It needs to be more realistic.…

LONDON (Reuters) - 1/ TESTY RELATIONS Pedestrians wearing face masks walk near an overpass with an electronic board showing stock information, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Aly SongChina just concluded its closed-door annual meeting of parliament, the…

The European Union has a lot on its plate right now and it's important they keep enough focus on Brexit negotiations and do not relegate them,  the UK's chief Brexit negotiator David Frost said on Wednesday. Additional takeaways "Member states decided in their wisdom that the common fisheries policy should apply…

London, United Kingdom - There is a dominant narrative in the UK, certainly in liberal media circles and on the losing side of the 2016 European Union withdrawal referendum, that small-minded xenophobia was a major driving force behind Brexit. Anti-immigration themes were prevalent during the campaign, and parts of the…

Getty Poor funding of national data protection authorities across Europe leaves large companies able to circumvent the rules, a new report has warned. On the second anniversary of the EU’s general data protection regulation (GDPR), warns campaign group Access Now, Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) are failing to enforce the rules…

EU nationals in the UK are at risk of being denied full citizenship after the Home Office threw up new barriers, despite ministers insisting “we want you to stay”. Fast-track rules had been expected for the estimated 3.6 million people currently applying to remain in the UK, as many seek…