Mark Rutte gives withering verdict as he warns against ‘devastating’ no-deal scenario.
May’s last-gasp dash to Strasbourg, the midnight press conference with Juncker... EU officials and politicians looked on with growing incredulity.
Tory leadership race: Dutch prime minister knocks down Brexit promises of contenders one by one
20/06/2019
Mark Rutte also claims UK will be 'diminished' as a country under any type of Brexit.
No-deal Brexit: Dutch PM Mark Rutte says Boris Johnson’s plans for a transition period without an agreement can’t happen
20/06/2019
The Dutch Prime Minister has said Boris Johnson’s ideas about implementing a transition period after a no-deal Brexit are not possible.
EU leaders ‘enormously hostile’ to another Brexit delay and will only give one for second referendum or general election
20/06/2019
EU leaders have “lost patience” with Britain and do not want to grant another Brexit extension when time runs out in October, Ireland’s prime minister has said.
Brexit has sent 'not as important' Britain into decades of decline, Irish PM Varadkar says
12/07/2019
Leo Varadkar says UK has struggled to accept its is less important than it once was.
Macron insists there is no margin for negotiation over French fishing rights.
EU says it’s not trying to limit UK sovereignty by asking Britain to follow same rules after Brexit transition
11/12/2020
Emmanuel Macron insisted he has not been trying to ‘have his cake and eat it’ with his approach to talks.
Insiders reject inference of division among EU members on Northern Ireland issue.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson knows very well what action the European Union could take if London fails to comply with the post-Brexit agreement it struck with the bloc on Northern Ireland, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Monday.
Move opens door to EU membership amid outrage over the brutality of the unprovoked Russian attack.