"It just so happens that making the British prime minister happy isn't the vocation of sovereign leaders of the 27 member states that chose to remain in the EU."

A BBC presenter has been praised for his two-and-a-half minute explainer of Brexit - in a clip that some viewers said demonstrates why it "fundamentally won't work".

Talks in jeopardy as no breakthrough emerges in meeting with Ursula von der Leyen.

The Prime Minister and French President Emmanuel Macron can't stand each other, but the real damage is from Brexit.

rench president uses annual address to insist UK will remain a ‘friend and ally’ to its neighbour.

Times must be hard in London: Brexit Britain wants to rejoin Europe’s political community.

The president of the European Council has said he is open to a “long” delay to Brexit if the UK needs time to rethink its strategy to leaving the bloc.

French president says legal process could only be extended on the back of a ‘new choice’ by the UK.

Emmanuel Macron is urging the negotiators not to compromise while Angela Merkel is anxious that talks are not derailed.

French president urges raft of reforms to EU including bloc-wide minimum wage, climate bank, and cyber defence agency.

Six years post-Brexit, Britain remains haunted by the EU in a neurosis that is not reciprocated in Brussels or other capitals.

Talks between Tories and Labour have collapsed and the focus at Westminster remains inward. / It hasn’t gone away, you know. Brexit has been on a bit of a media break over the last month or two since EU leaders agreed to extend the UK’s departure until October 30th, while leaving the option open of an earlier date.

European council president echoes Emmanuel Macron’s warning of malign influences.

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he is "not sure" a UK-EU trade deal will be struck by 31 December, the end of the Brexit transition period.

Far-right president Bolsonaro's response to fires criticised around the world.

'I want banks, talents, researchers, academics'.

Emmanuel Macron’s attack on UK’s failure to implement Brexit deal wrecks claims of G7 ‘harmony’.

Top EU leaders have given Boris Johnson an ultimatum to come up with a new Brexit plan by the end of September, or face up to a no-deal.

EU leaders have dropped a pledge to "intensify" Brexit negotiations after this week's summit, in signs that Brussels is prepared to call Boris Johnson's bluff on his threat to walk away from trade talks.

Emmanuel Macron among those welcoming agreement yet warning of hurdles ahead.

Macron insists there is no margin for negotiation over French fishing rights.

The European Union and Britain must find a "path of trust" in a post-Brexit era, French President Emmanuel Macron told EU lawmakers on Wednesday.

European Commission president says ‘bulls***’ was responsible for Brexit.

Emmanuel Macron insisted he has not been trying to ‘have his cake and eat it’ with his approach to talks.

Brussels commissioner says bill breaches convention, as legal experts warn of risk to Brexit trade deal.

Boris Johnson viewed as Trump-like figure while Dominic Raab accused of ‘making things up’. / The EU has been on a Brexit break since the UK secured a six-month delay to its departure. With Theresa May soon to leave 10 Downing Street, Brussels is tuning in to the Westminster drama of the Tory leadership race – with both amazement and exasperation.

Irish PM and head of European parliament give their support to three-month extension.

The words for chaotic instability might change from country to country but the reaction is uniform across Europe to Britain’s politics.

Citizens of Europe, if I am taking the liberty of addressing you directly, it is not only in the name of the history and values that unite us. It is because time is of the essence. In a few weeks’ time, the European elections will be decisive for the future of our continent.

Minister says France may act unilaterally if terms not right, as negotiations in London falter.

Macron says withdrawal agreement can not be renegotiated, seeks ‘clear vision’ from UK.

Bruno Le Maire is the French opposite number to chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng.

Trade talks between the EU and Britain could take 'three times longer' than Boris Johnson is planning, a French minister has warned.

The French president said the vote was sold by "anger mongers backed by fake news" as UK faces leaving the EU in less than a month.

The “sausage war” row between the UK and EU deepened today as the Elysee Palace rejected claims that Emmanuel Macron confused the constitutional status of Northern Ireland in a conversation with Boris Johnson at the G7 summit in Cornwall.

As his press conference wore on, Maros Sefcovic sounded increasingly frustrated.

Celtic Interconnector will stretch 500km from Ireland south coast to Brittany. / A new 500km electricity cable will be built to bypass Britain and connect Ireland directly to the European Union's energy markets after Brexit, under plans confirmed on Tuesday.

Liz Truss becoming Prime Minister is the end of what little hope remained that the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill would be scrapped.

French President Emmanuel Macron has outlined his vision for Europe's future, urging reform of its passport-free Schengen area and setting up a new agency to protect against fake news.

Emmanuel Macron suggests new European political community based on core values in areas such as security and energy.

French president’s insistence that UK should give way raises chances of talks imploding.

'The situation has been deteriorating. It is very difficult to have the necessary trust that could justify a new date'

French President Emmanuel Macron offered on Saturday to reset relations with Britain as long as Prime Minister Boris Johnson stands by the Brexit divorce deal he signed with the European Union.

French President Emmanuel Macron sought to portray a united European front at the G7 summit on Friday (11 June), tweeting a picture of the five EU leaders together, in a thinly veiled warning to the UK that the EU is united about the implementation of the Brexit agreement.

French President Emmanuel Macron has written a letter to Britons on the occasion of Brexit seeking to give reassurance that France will still be home to the many British people in France.

French government wants stronger UK commitments on ‘level playing field’ with EU

President Emmanuel Macron will declare that Paris is back on the map of global finance on Tuesday when he inaugurates JPMorgan's new trading hub in the French capital which he hopes will attract more bankers leaving post-Brexit Britain.

‘I don’t think it’s the will of the British people to become the junior partner of the US’, French president says ahead of Paris meeting.

Emmanuel Macron has told French voters to avoid their own Brexit moment ahead of election day.

French president tells Boris Johnson he must present concrete proposals for UK exit.

French president says EU27 leaders need to know when UK’s lengthy exit will happen. / France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, has said he wants to avoid Brexit “polluting” the EU after 31 October, and that European leaders need to know when the UK’s prolonged departure will come to an end.

French president Emmanuel Macron has appeared to suggest the UK has not kept its Brexit pledges as a row over fishing rights intensified.

German chancellor also shares views on Brexit and climate crisis in interview. / Europe must reposition itself to stand up to the challenges posed by its three big global rivals, China, Russia and the US, Angela Merkel has said before her final European election as German chancellor.

Brussels reiterates position minutes after Commons backed plan to replace Irish backstop.

The prospect that the UK will seek an extension to the Brexit negotiation process, whether or not a deal can be sealed by British prime minister Theresa May in the next few days, has risen significantly.

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It’s time to tell us what you want, ministers say, as European press tears into PM.

Control of the European Commission is in the grasp of the continent’s centre-left for the first time in decades. / The EU’s centre-left is planning to introduce a continent-wide minimum wage to correct the bloc’s “neoliberal failures” if it wins control of the European Commission after this month’s elections.

ALASTAIR CAMPBELL on Albania's bid to join the European Union at a time when the UK rushes to leave.

UK also has option to leave in June if PM can secure Commons support for deal. /

Canadian leader latest to bring up the simmering Brexit dispute.

The UK is weighing up whether to attend a new European political "club of nations" next month.

France is expected to demand the removal of the post of British European commissioner as a price for a long Brexit delay, leaving Britain without a seat at the top table of Brussels decision-making for the first time since 1973.

Like Churchill in 1948, Macron is determined to posit the idea of union in Europe against what he defines as the threat of Brexit nationalism.

European leaders made their feelings about the Northern Ireland protocol known to a PM desperate to score a PR victory.

French president responds to ‘jury’s out’ comments by Tory leadership favourite Liz Truss about key ally.