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'In our social market economy, profits are OK. But in these times it is wrong to receive extraordinary record revenues and profits benefiting from war and on the back of consumers.'
UK government set to pitch extension of ‘grace periods’ rather than triggering Article 16.
Move opens door to EU membership amid outrage over the brutality of the unprovoked Russian attack.
The European Parliament has approved EU candidacy status for Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia in a convincing vote on Thursday.
Brussels chief says US president agrees Britain should not ditch post-Brexit protocol.
French president Emmanuel Macron has appeared to suggest the UK has not kept its Brexit pledges as a row over fishing rights intensified.
For those suffering the damaging after-effects, it is Brexit that's providing the nightmares.
European leaders made their feelings about the Northern Ireland protocol known to a PM desperate to score a PR victory.
Shadow foreign secretary tells HuffPost UK the US president will want Boris Johnson to “step up” and solve row over Northern Ireland.
In a move rarely seen between allies, Washington issued London with a demarche: a formal diplomatic reprimand usually reserved for adversaries.
Top European Union officials have vowed to use all available measures to ensure the UK respects the terms of its Brexit agreement with the bloc as tensions rise over trade involving Northern Ireland.
US president Joe Biden can “see through the spin and fog” from London on the Northern Ireland protocol and will urge the British government to implement the deal it agreed, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said on Wednesday.
Bloc leaders say UK must fully implement post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland.
EU leaders have stressed the Northern Ireland protocol must be implemented fully by Boris Johnson to respect the 'rule of law' during a press conference at the G7 in Cornwall on Thursday.
Charles Michel says implementing deal is ‘question of rule of law’.
‘Time is short’ to avert clash over chilled meat exports to Northern Ireland, warns Boris Johnson’s Brexit minister.
Ursula von der Leyen has expressed her "deep concern" on the implementation of post-Brexit agreements in a phone call to Boris Johnson.
UK ‘playing a very dangerous game’ by inflaming tensions over Brexit, warns EU commissioner Mairead McGuinness
05/06/2021
In an exclusive interview, Ireland’s EU commissioner Mairead McGuinness told the Irish Independent the UK was “playing a very dangerous game” by inflaming tensions in the North.
AN SDLP Assembly member has criticised the questioning of new DUP leader Edwin Poots on yesterday's Andrew Marr Show.
“If we see problems today we should not forget that they do not come from the protocol but they result from Brexit. That is the reason why the problems are there."
A new raft of checks on goods at the ports of Belfast and Larne under the terms of the protocol have sparked anger among unionists and loyalists.
Brussels and Delhi tipped to open talks on free trade agreement within days – while UK admits ‘shared intent to begin work’ only.
The prime minister has imperilled peace in Northern Ireland, and every day the economic fallout worsens.
EU must continue to monitor and ensure that the British hold up their side of the bargain.