The Ukraine crisis shows Boris Johnson must drop his opposition to a defence pact with the EU to allow the UK to quickly deploy forces around Europe, a Tory group says.
Boris Johnson must rebuild relationships with neighbours to ‘make Brexit work,’ says shadow foreign secretary.
Ukraine war: Prime minister's speech comparing Brexit to resistance to Russia did 'not go down well' in Europe [2 mins]
31/03/2022
Tobias Ellwood, a former defence minister, says he has not withdrawn his letter of no-confidence in the prime minister because of the speech he gave comparing Brexit with Ukraine's struggle against the Russians.
The EU and Ukraine have provisionally applied an Association Agreement since November 2014. As a part of this association agreement, a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) has been provisionally applied since January 2016. It reduces tariffs that European firms face when exporting to Ukraine.
Boris Johnson will destroy any international leadership capital Britain has built up since the Russian invasion of Ukraine if he overrides the post-Brexit trade arrangements in Northern Ireland, European diplomats have said.
The UK government’s plan to walk away from parts of the Northern Ireland Brexit deal is destroying the repaired relationship with the EU, political leaders and diplomats have said.
Ministers are portraying themselves as victims of a deal they created for Northern Ireland. A classic blame-shifting strategy.
The European Union sued Britain on Wednesday (local time) over its move to rewrite the trade rules agreed to when the country left the EU two years ago, ratcheting up tensions between the major economic partners.
The Northern Ireland protocol row shows the similarities between two former imperial powers intent on regaining lost glory.
The European Parliament has approved EU candidacy status for Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia in a convincing vote on Thursday.
Move opens door to EU membership amid outrage over the brutality of the unprovoked Russian attack.
Focus on substance rather than Diwali deadline, trade secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan told.
The moving vans have already started arriving at Downing Street, as Britain’s Conservative Party prepares to evict Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Some steel exports from Great Britain to Northern Ireland are facing a 25% tariff because of changes to EU rules.
'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.'
In her annual state of the union address, European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has underlined the EU's unshakeable solidarity with Ukraine as she unveiled the bloc's proposals to deal with the impending energy crisis.
The European Union presidency has called for an international tribunal over Russia's invasion of Ukraine after the discovery of mass graves in the recently liberated Ukrainian town of Izium.
‘Unacceptable’ lack of progress on alternative to EU’s Galileo project after Brexit, says committee.
At the very time when government wants to be less dependent on food imports, it’s becoming impossible for some farmers to survive.
"Had we been a member of the European Union in February we would not have been able to set a framework to allow Ukraine to be so successful."
Hashtag Brexit denial
17/11/2022
Brexit denialist-in-chief Jacob Rees-Mogg is still in full flow. He denies that any harm has come from Brexit – even though he can’t find any benefits.
In our series looking at life after Brexit, the European parliament’s former negotiator Guy Verhofstadt argues that Britain exchanged a Jaguar for a Ford Fiesta in the 2016 referendum.
Six years post-Brexit, Britain remains haunted by the EU in a neurosis that is not reciprocated in Brussels or other capitals.
As UK public feeling shifts back to a pro-European stance, is it time to positively charge the nature of the conversation?