Bloc’s assessment, published in a budget document, is aimed at reflecting the UK’s ongoing commitments to EU programmes. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen – Photo credit: AFP The European Union has concluded … Read More
Trucks queue on the road leading to the Waterbrook Inland Border Facility, a temporary customs clearance centre set up in a truck stop in Ashford, Kent, Britain January 15, 2021. REUTERS/John Sibley Vehicles enter the Port of Dover, following the … Read More
A new poll finds just one in nine voters regrets how they cast their ballot in 2016. Boris Johnson signing the UK/EU free-trade agreement in December (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images) The UK remains deeply divided over the vote to leave the … Read More
Coveney says there is ‘some strain’ between governments – understatement of the year. Britain’s prime minister Boris Johnson (2R) and his wife Carrie Johnson (R) walk with US president Joe Biden and US First Lady Jill Biden prior to a … Read More
A defaced ‘Welcome to Northern Ireland’ sign is seen on the Ireland and Northern Ireland border reminding motorists that the speed limits will change from kilometres per hour to miles per hour on the border in Carrickcarnan, Ireland, March 6, … Read More
Joe Biden will meet with the Prime Minister at a one-on-one meeting in London on Thursday, before the G7 summit over the weekend (Getty Images) Joe Biden is set to raise pressure on Boris Johnson to not go back on … Read More
The upcoming Conference on the Future of Europe offers a unique opportunity for EU citizens to express their views on the direction of travel for the Union, particularly through the intermediary of civil society. A recently published LSE IDEAS report, … Read More
Around 1.4 million citizens of EU countries live in Switzerland, with a population of over 8.6 million. From tomorrow, Swiss medical-technology companies will no longer be allowed to export duty-free to the European Union as Bern and Brussels failed to … Read More
Prime Minister Boris Johnson in April 2020. Photo: PA Images Otto English dissects the disadvantages that a free trade agreement between the two countries would bring to the UK Let me tell you the story of the proposed Australian-UK free … Read More
Brexit with EU and UK flag by Christoph Scholz – Image licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license In January 2020, as Britain was about to exit the EU, a post appeared on the London School of Economics (LSE) blog musing about the mechanism … Read More