Brexit

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…

Billionaire financier George Soros has said the European Union could break apart in the wake of the new coronavirus pandemic unless the bloc issued perpetual bonds to help weak members such as Italy. The novel coronavirus, which emerged in China last year, has stalled swaths of the global economy while governments have…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - It took a courtroom of scarlet-robed judges to spur Angela Merkel to make one of her boldest moves in 15 years as German chancellor: propose huge cash handouts to the European Union’s weaker economies. Merkel was already worried about the future of the Union after the coronavirus…