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‘Not even remotely acceptable’: European parliament says it will veto Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan
03/10/2019
Parliament Brexit chief says proposal is ‘mainly a repackaging of the bad ideas that have already been floated in the past’.
‘Negotiating sausages while the world burns’: Brussels can’t move on from Brexit – no matter how hard it tries
23/06/2021
Five years after Britain voted to leave the European Union, the bloc is still tied up in post-Brexit wrangling, reports policy correspondent Jon Stone.
Welsh Government minister slams Boris Johnson as ‘sick, pompous narcissist’ after he compares Brexit to Ukraine
20/03/2022
A Welsh Government minister who has family in Ukraine has slammed Boris Johnson as a “sick, pompous narcissist” after he compared the struggle of the people of Ukraine against invasion to the UK’s vote for Brexit.
Poll finds 90% of EU citizens in UK fear discrimination without evidence of rights after Brexit.
A European Union grandee today said the UK could be refused a Brexit extension if Theresa May fails to get agreement in the Commons.
Guy Verhofstadt on his sadness as the transition period ends, and his optimism for the future.
EU Brexit spokesman says Britain reassured him about those who do not apply for settled status.
Verhofstadt says it would be a ‘hell of a job’ to achieve success using David Frost’s approach,
The British government has been accused of failing to protect the rights of British and EU citizens in the event of a no-deal Brexit, as Michel Barnier reiterated that he would not renegotiate the agreement currently on the table.
Thousands of Britons demonstrate in London against Brexit: “We will return to the European Union!”
29/10/2023
The National Rejoin March 2 attracted remarkable coverage from world media - unlike UK mainstream media. One of Spain’s leading papers carried this insightful on-site report by its London correspondent
Guy Verhofstadt says PM's request would "create an enormous problem".
Ministers threaten to quit as PM makes scant progress.
EU citizens will not automatically be deported if they fail to sign up to the settled status scheme by the 2021 deadline, Downing Street has said.
To celebrate, the government has published a dossier titled “Benefits of Brexit: how the UK is taking advantage of leaving the EU”. / But four of these alleged benefits aren’t a result of the UK’s departure.
Guy Verhofstadt’s idea would give continued freedom of movement to those who wanted it.
Brexit's still going well, then? Support for the United Kingdom rejoining the EU has now reached a significant milestone.
Group of MEPs led by Guy Verhofstadt criticises ‘politicised language’ of Tory leadership.
A leading group of MEPs responsible for UK-EU negotiations have "grave concerns" about Boris Johnson's new Brexit proposals.
Unthinkable for EU to agree to PM’s key demand on citizens’ rights, says Verhofstadt.
Liberal Democrat policy to revoke Article 50 is ‘natural stance’ for stopping Brexit, Guy Verhofstadt says
13/09/2019
The European parliament’s Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt has hailed the new Liberal Democrat policy to revoke Article 50 as the “natural stance” for any party committed to stopping Brexit.
A new UK premier must start forming partnerships within Europe and ditch the destructive populism that led to Brexit.
Having been grossly misled in the referendum, Britons’ anger is mounting as the reality of our plight becomes clear.
The European parliament’s outspoken Brexit chief is coming to Britain next week to knock on doors in the European elections on behalf of the Liberal Democrats.