US presidential candidate Joe Biden warned the British government yesterday that the fate of the US trade deal with the UK will depend on respect for the Good Friday peace agreement in Northern Ireland. According to Biden, London's politics threaten the agreement.more
A proposed law giving Boris Johnson's government the power to override parts of the Brexit agreement with the EU has passed its first hurdle in the Commons.more
The lack of a free trade agreement with the UK at the end of 2020 will translate into over 100 billion euros in losses for the European automotive sector over the next five years - the main organizations of the automotive industry are alarming and are calling for the conclusion of this agreement.more
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under fire from two of his predecessors over his plan to renege on parts of his Brexit Withdrawal Agreement with the EU.more
The European Union and the United Kingdom have not yet come to an agreement on the rules on which trade between the countries will take place - noted Łukasz Ambroziak, an expert from the Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics. The United Kingdom is the third largest trading partner for Poland and the second largest in the case of food.more
Brexit negotiations are at risk after the UK refused to withdraw legislation that EU leaders have said may trigger sanctions because it allows Britain to breach the withdrawal agreement.more
After emergency talks in London, the EU warned that a new UK bill on trade would be "an extremely serious violation" of the Brexit deal. Still, the UK government seems set to push the bill through Parliament.more
The taoiseach (Irish prime minister) has said he is "extremely concerned" about UK government plans that could override key elements of its Brexit deal, in breach of international lawmore
The US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has warned that there will be "absolutely no chance" of a US-UK trade agreement passing the US Congress if Brexit undermines the Good Friday Agreement.more
The British government presented to the House of Commons a draft law on the UK internal market, which, it explains, is intended to ensure its integrity after the end of the post-Brexit transition period.more
I am very concerned about the statements by the British government that they intend to breach the agreement on the UK's withdrawal from the EU, wrote the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on Twitter yesterday.more
The new law on the British internal market will break international law, said the British Minister for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis today. However, he added that the breach would be "to a very specific and limited extent".more
Germany is convinced that a divorce deal between Britain and the European Union can still be reached, but there is little time left and London must make concessions in the talks, a German government spokesman said on Monday.more
Germany is convinced that an agreement between Great Britain and the European Union is still possible, but there is little time for it. "London must make concessions in the talks," said the spokesman of the German government Steffen Seibert yesterday.more
The office of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson denied press reports that he wanted the new law to invalidate the provisions of the agreement on withdrawal from the European Union which concern Northern Ireland.more
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, today expressed her hope that the British Government would implement the provisions of the Exit Agreement relating to the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland. She warned that this was a prerequisite for a future partnership.more
Boris Johnson is drawing up legislation that will override the Brexit withdrawal agreement on Northern Ireland, a move that threatens the collapse of crunch talks which the prime minister has said must be completed within five weeks.more
The UK's chief Brexit negotiator has said the government is not "scared" of walking away from talks without a trade deal ready to come into force in 2021.more
The European Union’s chief negotiator urged the UK on Wednesday (2 September) to meet the EU in the middle by offering compromise proposals on state aid, fisheries and governance, warning that the EU would not ‘sacrifice’ its long-term interests for the sake of a deal.more
The Government is preparing for power outages, economic chaos and public unrest if a second wave of coronavirus coincides with a disorderly no-deal Brexit, according to leaked emergency plansmore
The next, seventh round of negotiations between the UK and the EU on future relations has brought no progress, Michel Barnier, EU chief negotiator, announced today in Brussels. As he noted, he is disappointed with the attitude of London.more
Britain is determined to conclude an agreement in the ongoing negotiations with the European Union, but will not pursue this at all costs, said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to his Irish counterpart Michael Martin.more