It was once considered a rite of passage for millions of students who lived, worked, and travelled across Europe - but access to a new British scheme this year hopes to make the Erasmus programme a distant memory.

Brexiter’s firm had assets of £548,573 five months after MEP claimed he had no money.

The former Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe has likened the UK’s departure from the EU to the emancipation of slaves, as she became the first Brexit party MEP to speak in the new European parliament.

Brexit Party MEP Ann Widdecombe has been criticised for comparing the UK leaving the EU to "slaves" rising up "against their owners".

Brexit Party MEP Ann Widdecombe has attracted ridicule after she compared Britain’s departure from the European Union to slaves rising up against their owners.

Any prospect of prime minister being invited to this week’s EU summit appears to have vanished – but Joe Biden will be there.

Michel Barnier protests at risk to independent watchdog meant to protect residents’ rights – as prime minister seeks to open trade talks.

Boris Johnson’s claims about the prospects of rewriting the Brexit deal have been compared by the European parliament’s Brexit coordinator to the “false promises, pseudo-patriotism and foreigner-bashing” he is said to have used to win the EU referendum.

While Boris Johnson, the likely successor to British Prime Minister Theresa May, takes his country down a path of diminished trade, the European Union is negotiating one of the largest free-trade agreements in the world. One really has to wonder what the "buccaneering" Brexiteers have to complain about.

From his days stoking anti-European Union sentiment with exaggerated newspaper stories, to his populist campaign leading Britain out of the bloc and reneging on the post-Brexit trade deal he signed, outgoing U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been the bane of Brussels for all so many years.

UK proposals "do not match even remotely" Northern Irish backstop plan, says steering group.

In our series looking at life after Brexit, the European parliament’s former negotiator Guy Verhofstadt argues that Britain exchanged a Jaguar for a Ford Fiesta in the 2016 referendum.

Episode one watches as the Europeans’ respect for a formidable negotiating opponent turns into frustration and incredulity as the British fail to present a united front. At moments funny and tragic, it ends with the debacle in December 2017 when Theresa May flies in to Brussels to finalise details of a deal and is publically humiliated by her coalition partner.

Europe watches on incredulously as divisions in the British parliament and cabinet become more bitter and leave the talks paralysed. Eighteen months after the referendum, Britain still does not know what it wants and spends more time discussing internally than negotiating with Europe. Respect for Britain turns to irritation and finally ridicule.

"Brexit was a massive failure of leadership," Guy Verhofstadt said. "But in a democracy people can call upon new leadership to undo the mistakes of the past."

European Parliament’s former Brexit chief takes aim at departing aide.

Michel Barnier says 'we're not really in a position where we're able to find an agreement'.

EU says prime minister presented no real proposals and seems to seek return of hard border in Ireland.

EU officials involved with Brexit negotiations privately considered aspects of Theresa May’s approach “insane” and “pathetic”, a new behind-the-scenes documentary shows. / BBC camera crews were given access to Brexit officials in the European Parliament to make Brexit: Behind Closed Doors, a two-part series focusing on the team around Guy Verhofstadt.

Brexit coordinator issues warning over amendments to 'water down' deal, just hours before crucial parliament votes.

Brussels has slapped down Jacob-Rees Mogg after the leading Brexiteer suggested the UK should wilfully cause chaos at the EU institutions if Brexit was delayed.

Juncker, Barnier and Verhofstadt again say there will be no change on backstop.

European Parliament Brexit chief says likely next prime minister is 'a man who continues to dissemble, exaggerate, and disinform the public about Brexit'.

Problems with Home Office settlement scheme have raised concerns.

The European Parliament has said it has “grave concerns” over the UK’s treatment of EU citizens after Brexit and has accused Boris Johnson’s government of putting them in jeopardy.

The European Parliament’s chief Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt is calling on Theresa May to be “open” to a plan helping British people who want to retain EU citizenship after the UK leaves.

IT'S one of the most commonly trotted out Unionist scare stories – claims that an independent Scotland would not be permitted to join the European Union. It just became even harder for Unionists to pretend that this is really the case.

Questions raised about EU chief Guy Verhofstadt - after his claim of a partial climbdown is quickly rebuffed.

He joined Vince Cable in London, saying the party offers an "alternative to nationalism". Verhofstadt is the leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE), the Europe-wide body of Lib Dem parties, and said he was there not as Brexit negotiator but "as the leader of the liberals and democrats for Europe".

Parliament's Brexit steering group says backstop is not up for renegotiation.

The EU's Brexit Steering Group said it had 'grave concerns' about the proposals, which it said cannot be backed 'in their current form'.

The MEP and former Brexit coordinator was attending an anti-Brexit rally when he made the comments.

The European Union “will never accept” a move by Theresa May to raise tuition fees for EU students after Brexit, the European Parliament’s Brexit chief has said.

The European parliament’s outspoken Brexit chief is coming to Britain next week to knock on doors in the European elections on behalf of the Liberal Democrats.

Having been grossly misled in the referendum, Britons’ anger is mounting as the reality of our plight becomes clear.

A new UK premier must start forming partnerships within Europe and ditch the destructive populism that led to Brexit.

The European parliament’s Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt has hailed the new Liberal Democrat policy to revoke Article 50 as the “natural stance” for any party committed to stopping Brexit.

Unthinkable for EU to agree to PM’s key demand on citizens’ rights, says Verhofstadt.

A leading group of MEPs responsible for UK-EU negotiations have "grave concerns" about Boris Johnson's new Brexit proposals.

Group of MEPs led by Guy Verhofstadt criticises ‘politicised language’ of Tory leadership.

Brexit's still going well, then? Support for the United Kingdom rejoining the EU has now reached a significant milestone.

Guy Verhofstadt’s idea would give continued freedom of movement to those who wanted it.

To celebrate, the government has published a dossier titled “Benefits of Brexit: how the UK is taking advantage of leaving the EU”. / But four of these alleged benefits aren’t a result of the UK’s departure.

EU citizens will not automatically be deported if they fail to sign up to the settled status scheme by the 2021 deadline, Downing Street has said.

Ministers threaten to quit as PM makes scant progress.

Guy Verhofstadt says PM's request would "create an enormous problem".

The National Rejoin March 2 attracted remarkable coverage from world media - unlike UK mainstream media. One of Spain’s leading papers carried this insightful on-site report by its London correspondent

The British government has been accused of failing to protect the rights of British and EU citizens in the event of a no-deal Brexit, as Michel Barnier reiterated that he would not renegotiate the agreement currently on the table.

Verhofstadt says it would be a ‘hell of a job’ to achieve success using David Frost’s approach,

EU Brexit spokesman says Britain reassured him about those who do not apply for settled status.

Guy Verhofstadt on his sadness as the transition period ends, and his optimism for the future.

A European Union grandee today said the UK could be refused a Brexit extension if Theresa May fails to get agreement in the Commons.

Poll finds 90% of EU citizens in UK fear discrimination without evidence of rights after Brexit.

A Welsh Government minister who has family in Ukraine has slammed Boris Johnson as a “sick, pompous narcissist” after he compared the struggle of the people of Ukraine against invasion to the UK’s vote for Brexit.

Five years after Britain voted to leave the European Union, the bloc is still tied up in post-Brexit wrangling, reports policy correspondent Jon Stone.

Parliament Brexit chief says proposal is ‘mainly a repackaging of the bad ideas that have already been floated in the past’.