🇪🇺🇬🇧 Following today’s announcement by the UK, @MarosSefcovic will travel to London tomorrow to meet @michaelgove for an extraordinary meeting of the Joint Committee. The EU seeks clarifications from the UK on the full and timely implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement. … [Read more...] about 7pm Brexit latest: Gove hopes for progress with deal within weeks as EU threatens to SUE Britain over law breach
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‘Soft’ Brexit agreement not a done deal, warn EU leaders
They also illustrate how difficult it will be for Theresa May – assuming she and the withdrawal agreement survive – to negotiate a comprehensive future free-trade deal with the bloc, which sees continued membership of the customs union as the basis for those talks. … [Read more...] about ‘Soft’ Brexit agreement not a done deal, warn EU leaders
West Africa is keen to feed the UK post-Brexit
In 2019, the UK supplied just over half (55%) of its domestic food consumption. To keep its supermarket shelves full after a hard Brexit, in which no trade deal with the EU can be reached, some experts suggest the UK would need to tap into the potential of the Commonwealth for its agricultural products. However, due to distance and trading interests of the countries involved, the Commonwealth alone is not a viable trading partner. … [Read more...] about West Africa is keen to feed the UK post-Brexit
EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier says UK must ‘stick to facts’ in Brexit row as Justice Secretary Robert Buckland says he WILL resign if Britain breaks international law ‘in unacceptable way’
'Tomorrow, the Bill as it stands, the Labour Party, and it looks like a large number of Conservative MPs, will not be able to support it because I cannot go through and Keir Starmer cannot go through the division lobbies knowing that we are deliberately and consciously breaking international law,' she told the BBC. … [Read more...] about EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier says UK must ‘stick to facts’ in Brexit row as Justice Secretary Robert Buckland says he WILL resign if Britain breaks international law ‘in unacceptable way’
Brexit: UK and EU set for emergency talks as tensions rise
How could the Northern Ireland Brexit deal change? Senior government lawyer quits over Brexit plans Chicken, cheese, cod: The tricky trade talk menu Mr Johnson defended the bill, saying it would "ensure the integrity of the UK internal market" and hand power to Scotland and Wales, while protecting the Northern Ireland peace process. … [Read more...] about Brexit: UK and EU set for emergency talks as tensions rise
