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‘Veil of secrecy’: Brexit committee says government denying MPs access to key decision-making details
24/06/2020
European Scrutiny Committee writes to Michael Gove demanding transparency on EU/UK Joint Committee.
‘Every choice has its consequences’: EU leaders issue Brexit warning as they lament UK’s imminent exit
31/01/2020
Goodbye letter reminds Britain: ‘Without being a member, you cannot retain the benefits of membership’
Ursula von der Leyen to head European commission and Christine Lagarde to lead ECB
As the race to be the next European Commission president heats up, the two main candidates, Manfred Weber from the European People's Party (EPP) and Frans Timmermans from the Party of European Socialists (PES), faced off in a TV debate hosted by France 24 on Wednesday night.
The UK government has stepped up its planning for leaving the EU without a deal, covering areas such as transport, healthcare, energy, food and water. But what is the EU doing to prepare for this scenario?
Instead of protecting the natural world, the proposed Office for Environmental Protection ‘could undermine the rule of law’, and lead to worse damage than under EU, lawyers say
German minister wins narrow backing of MEPs to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker
UK must ‘immediately’ start building new customs posts for Northern Ireland trade checks, EU says
01/05/2020
UK has made little progress on new infrastructure needed for checks Boris Johnson signed up to.
UK government doesn't understand how EU works, says its former ambassador to Brussels Ivan Rogers
04/03/2019
The government does not understand how the EU works and so embarks on negotiating strategies that are doomed to fail, Britain’s former ambassador to Brussels has said.
British voters were not fully informed on the implications of Brexit during the referendum in 2016, a European Parliament report has concluded.
Government now rejecting EU oversight of implementing Northern Ireland agreement.
The European Commission explained
12/09/2016
What is the European Commission? It is the executive body of the European Union and is led by 28 people or Commissioners, one from each member state. ...
Technical note on the implementation of the Protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland - European Commission, Task Force for Relations with the Unite Kingdom
30/04/2020
This technical note was transmitted to theEuropean Parliament and Council on 30 April 2020. Published on the UKTF website on Thursday 30 April 2020
Here you will find a central meeting point for startups in Europe to access all the information they need to grow and thrive in Europe. / Startup Europe is an initiative of the European Commission, which falls under its priority of the ‘Digital Single Market’.
Control of the European Commission is in the grasp of the continent’s centre-left for the first time in decades. / The EU’s centre-left is planning to introduce a continent-wide minimum wage to correct the bloc’s “neoliberal failures” if it wins control of the European Commission after this month’s elections.
Preparing for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 30 March 2019: Implementing the Commission’s Contingency Action Plan - European Commission
19/12/2018
This Communication explains the measures that the Commission adopted today, 19 December 2018, in response to that call, together with other crucial steps in the implementation of its Contingency Action Plan.
OSI welcomes the Decision of the European Commission on the open source licensing and reuse of Commission software. The December 8 Decision means that Commission services may choose to make Commission software available under open source licenses, something OSI has long advocated and which opens great opportunities both for individuals and companies.
Neil Kinnock on Brexit: "Democratic Deficit" in the EU is no longer any of your business! [4 mins]
24/02/2023
Neil Kinnock addresses the myth of the 'democratic deficit' in the EU.
The European Commission has proposed using emergency funds normally reserved for natural disasters and to offset the harsh effects of globalisation in order to help countries badly hit by a no-deal Brexit.
A TORY MP provoked waves of laughter in the House of Commons this afternoon after inadvertently revealing her lack of knowledge on the European Union.
Political leaders have paid tribute to former European Commission President Jacques Delors, who has died aged 98. / Serving from 1985 to 1995, Delors helped create the single market allowing the free movement of people, goods and services around the bloc. / He also laid the groundwork for the single European currency, the euro.
It’s a staggering tissue of lies and half-truths [rebutting thread about supposed lack of democracy in the EU]
16/06/2018
This troll has published a thread attacking @Femi_Sorry for his video on EU democracy. I don’t like feeding trolls, but this one is getting attention for the wrong reason and his thread deserves detailed rebuttal. It’s a staggering tissue of lies and half-truths.