‘What bus?’: Brexit denial begins
26/11/2022
Lord Moylan has claimed Vote Leave never claimed Turkey was imminently going to join the EU.
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Penny Mordaunt has repeated her notorious false claim that the UK was unable to stop Turkey joining the EU – insisting the veto would not have been used.
NZ ready to get heavy with the UK [re CPTPP]
18/06/2020
New Zealand now stands between the United Kingdom and its hopes of entering the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement (CPTPP).
'I've spoken to ambassadors from various countries and there is no hope of us getting a veto to stop an extension'
Hungary's far-right government says it won’t veto Brexit extension as favour to Boris Johnson
13/09/2019
Foreign minister says country will not seek to have casting vote.
Guy Verhofstadt savages 'irresponsible' Boris Johnson as MEPs vow to veto his plan to ditch backstop
24/07/2019
Parliament's Brexit steering group says backstop is not up for renegotiation.
Leaked resolution says MEPs will use veto against any Brexit deal without a backstop.
Sources say PM’s insistence on Ireland customs border means there is no basis for discussions
British Steel: France in threat to veto sale
31/01/2020
The sale of British Steel to Chinese firm Jingye could be scuppered by French intervention.
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.
Brexit delay: France would block Article 50 extension ‘without a clear objective’, Macron says
27/02/2019
French president says legal process could only be extended on the back of a ‘new choice’ by the UK.