Triumph and tragedy for the Brexit blockers who failed to keep us in the EU
Former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt was named the European Parliament’s representative on matters relating to ...
Daily Express3d
Michel Barnier
Michel Barnier is the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator. Michel Barnier news, updates, speeches and analysis here. The European Commission's former vice president is in charge of its taskforce on ...
The Economist12d
David Lammy’s plan to shake up Britain’s Foreign Office
That last quality explains Sir Olly’s imminent return to Whitehall from the private sector, as the permanent under-secretary, ...
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UK can still reverse its Brexit decision until 2021, says Michel Barnier
The EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier has said the UK can reverse its position on leaving the single market and customs union up until the end of the Brexit transition period. The EU official ...
Pointed reference – Frank McNally on the importance of being salient
Whenever someone makes a salient point in a debate or newspaper column, that’s usually considered a good thing. The word ...
Politico Europe26d
French government to copy-paste budget that led to predecessor’s downfall
That is at least what French Prime Minister François Bayrou plans on doing — using Michel Barnier’s blueprint as a starting point for his own budget, despite the fact that opposition lawmakers ousted ...
Remainers’ fantasy of EU powering ahead of Brexit Britain is bunkum… it’s crumbling and you don’t look hard to see it
AS we awaited Brexit and the arrival of a new decade five years ago, no one had any idea that within weeks we would be ...
Politico Europe11d
A crash is coming and France isn’t doing enough to stop it, top economist warns
France entered the new year for the first time in its modern history without a proper budget after lawmakers ousted Prime Minister Michel Barnier in opposition to his plans to bring down the country's ...
Sky12d
Kemi Badenoch says Tories made 'mistakes' on Brexit and left EU 'without plan for growth'
The Tories mishandled Brexit and left the EU "without a plan for growth", Kemi Badenoch has admitted. In her first speech of the year, the Conservative leader attacked the Labour government but ...
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Will new French prime minister's survival strategy work?
This is how, in December, a vote of no confidence after motions were tabled by opposition parties on the left and far right, brought down Prime Minister Michel Barnier after he pushed through ...
Chatham House3d
The collapse of Barnier’s government shows bold choices are needed to end France’s political deadlock
The no-confidence vote in Michel Barnier that has toppled his minority government was the first since 1962 to oust a French prime minister of the Fifth Republic. 331 MPs from the left and far-right ...
The Independent5d
UK could join Europe-wide customs deal in post-Brexit reset, Brussels trade chief says
Maros Sefcovic, who led post-Brexit negotiations for the European Union, said it would consider letting Britain join the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention (PEM) as the PM chases closer ties with ...