Brexit: EU issues toughest warning yet as talks with UK remain stalled on Northern Ireland protocol

European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic warned on Friday that there will be “serious consequences” if the UK triggers Article 16. The EU has issued its toughest warning yet as talks remain stalled with the UK on the Northern Ireland protocol. … Read More

Lord Frost accuses EU of ‘historic misjudgment’ over Northern Ireland Protocol

Brexit minister Lord Frost said the European Union would be making a ‘historic misjudgment’ if it wasn’t prepared to make changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol. It would be prioritizing “EU internal processes over relieving turbulence in Northern Ireland”, he … Read More

Von der Leyen insists US lift travel ban for Europeans

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen | Pool photo by Stephanie Lecocq/AFP via Getty Images European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called for the U.S. to lift its travel ban for EU citizens in an interview with German … Read More

Six months on from Brexit, has the UK really taken back control?

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson drives a JCB through a symbolic wall during an election campaign event at a JCB plant, Uttoxeter, England, December 10, 2019.   –   Copyright  Ben Stansall/Pool via AP The promise of freedom to “take back control” of the … Read More

Citizens not satisfied with EU’s current state, say MEPs

“The 17,300 participants on the conference’s online platform so far are still expandable,” said German Social Democratic MEP Katarina Barley (SPD), who also warned against not taking the suggestions of citizens sufficiently seriously and using them as political pawns. With … Read More

European leaders confront Boris Johnson over failure to implement NI protocol

Dublin worries EU-UK diplomatic clash could inflame tensions in the North. Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference on the final day of the G7 summit in the UK. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA/Bloomberg British prime minister Boris Johnson has said he will do … Read More

Joe Biden set to urge Boris Johnson to solve post-Brexit Northern Ireland issues at G7

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

EU states abandon Italy on relocating asylum seekers

Ireland and Lithuania have each agreed to take 10. Luxembourg has also offered to help. (Photo: noborder network) Calls in early May for EU states to help relocate asylum seekers from Italy have largely been ignored. The European Commission had … Read More

EU leadership comments on mass migrant inflow to Ceuta: “Europe will not be intimidated”

Photo: AP Photo / Javier Fergo Europe “will not be intimidated by anyone,” Vice President Margaritis Schinas of the European Commission said after a record number of migrants entered Ceuta in Spain. Ceuta is a Spanish autonomous city on the … Read More

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