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'Stop Brexit': Boris Johnson barracked by protesters as EU says he has done nothing to achieve a new deal
16/09/2019
'It is the UK's responsibility to come forward with legally operational solutions' but 'such proposals have not yet been made' Brussels warns.
EU sources say PM seemed taken aback when shown implications of his Brexit plan.
Boris Johnson to meet Juncker face to face as Varadkar says Brexit offering 'falls well short' of what is needed
13/09/2019
Luxembourg talks are not expected to deliver a breakthrough as the clock ticks down to 31 October.
The European Union is "open but not convinced" by the UK PM's new proposals for a Brexit deal with the EU, the president of the European Council says.
Brexit backstop has not been rewritten or 'undermined' by new agreement, says Ireland PM Varadkar
12/03/2019
'It does not reopen the withdrawal agreement or undermine the backstop or its application' says Leo Varadkar
MPs set for Saturday vote on Boris Johnson's agreement.
German chancellor tells EU leaders UK should be offered extension if it is requested.
Sources from both sides confirm that no further negotiations are scheduled.
The Brexit Party leader seems to back the Benn Act after Jean-Claude Juncker suggested there would be no extension to the leaving date.
Documents don't change Withdrawal Agreement
12/03/2019
Here is a quick analysis of the three documents agreed last night between Theresa May and Jean-Claude Juncker.
The EU and South American economic bloc Mercosur have clinched a huge trade deal after 20 years of negotiations.
Ireland’s Leo Varadkar says PM’s pledge of no hard border contradicts written proposal.
Jean-Claude Juncker was speaking in Brussels after a meeting with the 27 presidents and prime ministers of the remaining EU countries.
PM’s upbeat account dismissed as Jean-Claude Juncker warns time is running out.
European Commission president says ‘bulls***’ was responsible for Brexit.
EU president Juncker tells Tory leadership candidates there will be no Brexit renegotiation: 'I was crystal clear'
28/05/2019
Several Tory contenders have said they want to renegotiate the deal. / The EU has once again ruled out renegotiating Theresa May’s Brexit deal, in a major blow to several Conservative leadership candidates who have insisted that they would re-open talks if elected.
The European Commission has again reiterated that the Brexit withdrawal agreement will not be negotiated, “full stop” – despite claims by Boris Johnson that he would somehow be able to reopen talks.
The European Commission said on Monday that the EU was ready for a no-deal Brexit and that Britain would suffer most under such a scenario.
Juncker, Barnier and Verhofstadt again say there will be no change on backstop.
Lord Frost told the Conservative conference that the ‘long bad dream’ of our EU membership is over but his is just beginning.
On Monday morning Martin Selmayr, the secretary general of the European Commission, was in mid-flow briefing EU ambassadors on how efforts over the weekend to get legally binding assurances on the Irish backstop had ground to a halt.
The challenge posed by Britain leaving the EU gave the European Commission an opportunity to embed its values and its members’ interests.