LONDON — The EU and U.K. failed to reach agreement on delaying Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trade checks in the latest meeting between the two sides, prompting fierce criticism from unionist politicians in ….. Read More
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Boris Johnson’s ‘Global Britain’ could alienate his own MPs
LONDON — Boris Johnson has another Brexit circle to square. The U.K. prime minister’s hopes of a buccaneering, free-trading “Global Britain” outside the bloc could put him at odds with ….. Read More
UK agrees to EU request for more time to ratify Brexit deal
The delay by a month brings more uncertainty to an already fragile start to a new economic relationship. The U.K. agreed to allow the European Union to delay ratification of ….. Read More
EU to remind members not to stamp UK passports after Brexit breaches
LONDON — The European Commission will remind member states that border officials should not be stamping the U.K. passports of British citizens living in the bloc, a practice that goes ….. Read More
UK gives EU extra time to ratify Brexit trade deal
LONDON — The British government accepted an EU request for extra time to ratify the Brexit trade deal, after Brussels said it needed two more months to scrutinize it in ….. Read More
German and Belgian ales vanish from UK shelves amid supply chaos as a result of Brexit
Beer importers are seeing shortages of specialist brews from Germany and Belgium as a result of Brexit red tape and Covid-19. The company ‘Beers of Europe’, which claims to operate the ….. Read More
Call to bridge the divide between Belfast and Brussels
Irish MEPs want to boost Northern Ireland’s ability to talk directly with Brussels. But their ideas — spelled out in a letter this month to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ….. Read More
How the UK gained an edge with AstraZeneca’s vaccine commitments
Press play to listen to this article Two contracts, two different legal systems, but one goal: Getting doses of a life-saving vaccine to people as quickly as possible. Just how ….. Read More
ANDREW PIERCE: Beset Boris makes peace with a rebel
As turf wars rage among the staff at No. 10, a battle- weary Boris Johnson has sued for peace with one of Parliament’s most senior MPs. In July the PM ….. Read More
DUP to file complaint over Brexit deal’s Northern Ireland protocol
Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party is to join legal action against a key part of the Brexit deal, its leader Arlene Foster said Sunday. The DUP is looking to challenge ….. Read More
