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A deal for joint sovereignty over Gibraltar between Spain and Britain should be revived as Brexit looms, former Europe minister Peter Hain has said.
The EU committee said the single market and cross-border travel were vital to the territory's economy, and warned the UK government not to let Spain use trade talks to claim sovereignty.
Professor A.C. Grayling talks to the European Movement about the impact of Brexit on Britain's place in the world and how Trump and the far-right will threaten our long-term stability if we don't resist them.
Richard Baldwin, of the Geneva Institute and Editor in Chief of VoxEU talks about the Economics of Brexit. The interview was recorded at the Royal Economic Society annual conference at The University of Sussex in Spring 2016 and produced by Econ Films.
George Papandreou On A United Europe
21/01/2014
George Papandreou, the ex-prime minister of Greece, discusses a united Europe as part of The World Post's new series, One On One, which gives voice to prominent figures speaking on pressing global issues.
Judges advise Britain that separating archipelago from Mauritius in 1960s was wrong.
US trade deal would mean ‘submitting to someone else’s wishes’, academic says.
Britain, the EU and the Sovereignty Myth
09/05/2016
The argument that Britain needs to leave the European Union to reclaim its sovereignty is misguided says new paper, Britain, the EU and the Sovereignty Myth.
How will wealthy Brexiteers profit from Brexit? The surprising truth about the world's most secretive tax network for the wealthy. Plus, we hand the Brexit Party a rather unfortunate award.
Rebel MPs are working on a plan to thwart Boris Johnson pursuing a no-deal Brexit on 31 October that involves forcing parliament to sit through the autumn recess, amid growing outrage about the power and influence of his controversial aide, Dominic Cummings.
‘If we have a populist in government who is flouting convention and acting in a way that bypasses the sovereignty of parliament, parliament will respond accordingly’
Trump’s national security adviser wants the UK to be beholden to the US for its daily bread, making the country a timid American outpost.
Over the next two years the EU will decide its future path – here's why the UK has to be involved despite Brexit
01/01/2020
In both Britain and the rest of Europe, a frank and honest discussion is needed about what it means to be sovereign in a changing world.
'It is pure fantasy:' Ken Clarke and Bill Cash clash over Brexit - after 60 years of arguments about the EU [2 mins]
27/01/2020
"The argument about sovereignty you and I have been having for 60 years. All treaties require pooling of sovereignty"
Martin Wolf: Britain’s demands for its negotiations with the EU are unrealistic.
EU tells UK to respect its independence
05/03/2020
Chief negotiator Michel Barnier says 'the EU sets its own conditions for opening up its markets for goods and services'
Brexit’s South American Ripple Effect
04/08/2017
How will the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union impact the ongoing sovereignty dispute with Argentina over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)?
Chlorinated chicken is just the start. The government intends to rip up food standards, public services and public protections.
Nothing to see here - Chris Grey
19/06/2020
'The Brexiters have no more idea in private than they do in public about what they are doing. Predictions based upon their concealed intent project on to them a competence they simply don’t possess.'
If not, and the vote is to exit, it will be no good saying afterwards that “we didn’t understand what we were voting for” – the repeated complaint made by eurosceptics about the 1975 Referendum. By then it will be too late.
Chris and Garvan Walshe catch up on how they handled lockdown, what to expect next, and what has changed since they last recorded the podcast together, in November 2018. Just as it did two years ago, the Northern Ireland backstop features heavily in Lie of the Week. Also, will the Conservative Party have the good sense to ditch its current leader?
Lord Neuberger condemns internal market bill for exempting some of its powers from legal challenge