Countries work on emergency laws to avert potential chaos of no-deal Brexit.
The plan has brought some Tory unity, but Brussels believes it is unworkable.
Germany's biggest business lobby group has warned its members to prepare for 'a very hard Brexit'. Ian King speaks to Nina Schick, the German political commentator and Tomasz Wieladek, senior European economist at Barclays.
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.
Brexiteers are lobbying among EU nations for a veto to an extension of Article 50, it has been reported. The UK needs approval from all EU member states before any request for an extension to the Brexit deadline can be granted. And in theory one veto would be enough to derail the request.
The contest to succeed Theresa May shows that British illusions persist.
Cross-border data show 30% fall in capital entering UK since referendum. / Brexit uncertainty in the UK has boosted foreign investment into the EU’s other 27 countries in the three years since the referendum, according to a Financial Times analysis.
Jean-Claude Juncker was speaking in Brussels after a meeting with the 27 presidents and prime ministers of the remaining EU countries.
Legal experts condemn ‘disgraceful and illegal manipulation of system’.
Philip Hammond has warned the UK will not be able to control key elements of a no-deal Brexit.
Emmanuel Macron among those welcoming agreement yet warning of hurdles ahead.
EU member states back infringement proceedings against Britain over Northern Ireland protocol Bill
21/06/2022
Ministers express ‘unity’ on European Commission’s legal proceedings in Luxembourg meeting.
“It is an opportunity to set our sights on the future of our partnership and to focus on what brings us together", the invite notes.