Michel Barnier, the European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator, issued a sullen response to Boris Johnson after he agreed that Brussels can “whistle” for the 100 billion euros it is said to be demanding.
Pro-EU diehards in Britain suffered fresh embarrassment on June 12th as unemployment fell to a 43-year low, despite high-profile official warnings that a Brexit vote would push it up by 500,000.
Remainers within Theresa May’s government may have persuaded her to accept continued submission to the European Court of Justice as the price of a deal with the EU.
Jeremy Corbyn’s Shadow Brexit Secretary is demanding that Theresa May drop her “unhelpful” commitment to ending the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice over Britain once it leaves the EU. Brussels officials are insisting that the ECJ or another
Admiral Lord West, one of Britain’s most senior naval veterans, warns Britain faces becoming a “laughing stock” after Brexit, with a depleted Royal Navy unable to protect its reclaimed fishing grounds from marauding European vessels. Within the EU, the country’s
Dire prophecies of an economy in freefall after Brexit have suffered another blow with the publication of a report which indicates that Britain will outperform Germany, France and the entire Eurozone over the coming years. Oxford Economics, which employs around
The chairman of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) delivered a message of defiance to the European Union at his party’s annual conference.
The Government has committed to scrapping the Fisheries Convention of 1964, allowing Britain to take back control of its territorial waters from the EU out to twelve miles – but fishermen are concerned that failure to commit to reclaiming the country’s full, 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) signals an impending betrayal.
The European Union’s chief negotiator in the Brexit talks is insisting the European Court of Justice (ECJ) should not only continue to have jurisdiction over EU migrants in Brexit Britain but that it should also retain its current powers to fine the British government.
As negotiations in Brussels stumble on the question of EU migrants and the European Court’s powers over Britain after Brexit, a former judge has accused the bloc of “judicial imperialism”.
Andrej Babis, tipped to become the next Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, has backed the government’s decision to fight the European Union’s attempts to impose a compulsory migrant quota on the country. “The biggest added value of the European
The Royal Institute of International Affairs, commonly known as Chatham House, has published research which indicates there is a huge divide between Europe’s media-political establishment and ordinary members of the public on the EU, mass immigration, and Islam.
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office says that the attacker who tried to set off a nail bomb at Brussels Central Station sympathized with the Islamic State group.
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium tightened security even more on Wednesday to counter fears that lone attackers could strike anywhere and at any time, a day after a failed bombing by a man shouting “Allahu akbar” at a Brussels train station
A Moroccan “terrorist” who attempted to set off an explosive device while shouting “Allahu Akhbar” in Brussels Central Station was shot and killed by security services Tuesday night. Security services were alerted to the presence of the terrorist by a
David Davis, the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, has told eurocrats to “be in no doubt” that Britain is leaving the bloc. The Brexit secretary’s comments come as formal negotiations between the United Kingdom and the EU
Threatened with sanctions for refusing to accept the compulsory migrant quotas being imposed on European Union member-states by Brussels, the Hungarian government has declared that Islam and Europe “are incapable of coexisting without conflict”.
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities have detained 12 people for interrogation following raids linked to last year’s Brussels attacks.
The outspoken Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, has drawn a line in the sand with Brussels over the question of immigration and national sovereignty, promising a veto if the European Union (EU) attempts to coerce Hungary into taking in more migrants.
Falklands War hero Major-General Julian Thompson warns retaining aspects of Single Market membership after Brexit could destroy British shipbuilding. As commanding officer of 3 Commando Brigade during the Falklands War, the retired Royal Marines officer led Britain’s land forces during
French President Emmanuel Macron bragged to a Sunday newspaper this week that a handshake with President Donald Trump was “not innocent” and was instead a sign that the milquetoast Frenchman was not going to make even “small concessions” with Trump.
President Donald Trump appeared to muscle past — or shove — Montenegro Prime Minister Duško Markovic at a public appearance during the NATO summit in Brussels on Thursday.
President Donald Trump met with the newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, to discuss the shared goal of fighting terrorism.
President Donald Trump is apparently receiving high marks for his foreign diplomacy. Rasmussen shows an upswing in the president’s approval ratings as he travels to various hot spots around the globe to advance his foreign policy goals.
President Donald Trump vowed to keep fighting terrorism, calling the attack in Manchester a reminder of the importance of the battle. “[T]he top problem right now is terrorism,” Trump said after landing in Brussels, during a meeting with Prime Minister
Theresa May has responded to the European Union’s escalating demands for Britain to pay a Brexit “divorce bill” by claiming that the bloc may owe money to the UK. The European Commission is thought to be seeking a settlement worth
The Conservative manifesto suggests Britain will not regain their full territorial waters after Brexit, claims the Fishing For Leave group who say the careful choice of words regarding fisheries may foreshadow a Brexit betrayal. The manifesto, titled ‘Forward, Together‘, commits
Hungary has demanded the resignation of the European Commission’s First Vice-president, Frans Timmermans, after he branded Prime Minister Viktor Orbán an anti-Semite for criticising billionaire mass immigration campaigner George Soros. In a fiery address to the European Parliament in April
BRUSSELS (AFP) – The EU has clearly pinned its hopes on pro-European presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron in Sunday’s French run-off vote, wary of the threat posed by the fiercely eurosceptic Marine Le Pen. A host of top Brussels figures led by
Leaked documents show that Spain wants to use its veto over the application of any European Union deal with the United Kingdom to Gibraltar to force citizens of the Rock to accept higher taxes.
Theresa May has accused European politicians and officials of threatening the United Kingdom in a deliberate attempt to influence the outcome of the June 8th snap election.
Officials in Jerusalem and Washington are in advanced talks to arrange a visit by US President Donald Trump to Israel in May, Hebrew media reported on Wednesday. If the plans go ahead it will be Trump’s first ever visit to Israel.
Marine Le Pen, the frontrunner in the first round of France’s imminent presidential elections, insisted she would not appear before a European Union flag in an interview with the TF1 television channel.
The European Union’s unelected executive is trying to “pressure” Hungary into accepting compulsory migrant quotas and relaxing its tough new border control measures, according to the government.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán claims European politicians “behind closed doors” are thanking his government for the robust action it has taken on illegal migration, alleviating pressure on countries such as Germany – but “political double-dealing” and a “culture of hypocrisy” prevent them from admitting it in public.
The Chief Minister of Gibraltar has given a series of interviews expressing disgust at the European Council accepting a Spanish veto over its EU relations in the upcoming Brexit negotiations, vowing that the Rock will be “even more British” after Brexit.
As the UK triggers Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty and begins the process of exiting the European Union, infamous New Labour heavyweight Peter Mandelson has urged diehard Remain campaigners to “Resist, Renew and Reorganise”.
Top eurocrats fear that should Marine Le Pen win the French presidency, the European Union will not survive. “From the [European] Commission’s point of view, success for Marine Le Pen is a disaster and an existential threat to the European
The European Union will seek to establish a Brexit deal with the United Kingdom which prevents its government from cutting taxes, scrapping burdensome regulations, or supporting industries through more liberal state aid.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has indicated that he will support parts of the U.S. breaking away as revenge for President Donald J. Trump supporting Britain’s decision to leave the European Union (EU) and predicting other countries will follow.
