The UK is "ready to welcome the EU team" to continue negotiations over a post-Brexit trade deal, says No 10. The two sides' chief negotiators, Lord David Frost and Michel Barnier, spoke on the phone earlier after talks stalled last week.
Following the conversation, Downing Street said the pair had "jointly agreed a set of principles for handling this intensified phase of talks".more
The European Union took a defiant tone on Wednesday as the standoff over resuming post-Brexit trade negotiations with the United Kingdom intensified, telling London that “you cannot have your cake and eat it too.”more
The EU's goal is still to reach an agreement on future relations with Great Britain, assured the deputy head of the European Commission Marosz Szefczovicz. As he pointed out - regardless of whether an agreement is reached, the Brexit agreement must be respected.more
Downing Street has refused to restart Brexit deal negotiations despite Michael Gove performing a U-turn at the dispatch box in which he praised a “constructive move” by the EU minutes after declaring the talks “effectively ended”.more
The bill on the British internal market could become a disastrous precedent, warned the leaders of Commonwealth Churches in the British Isles in a joint letter published in the Financial Times.more
Michael Gove, the minister responsible for coordinating preparations for Brexit in the government of Boris Johnson, assured today that the UK is well prepared for a no-deal Brexit, the Sunday Times reported.more
"Deaf dialogue", "Johnson plays who loses, wins" and "Johnson prepares the British for a no deal" are the headlines that appear on French media websites after the British prime minister's speech yesterday on trade talks with the EU.more
Chief British negotiator David Frost told his EU counterpart Michel Barnier not to come to London on Monday to break the deadlock in trade talks, though the two agreed to talk early next week.more
At the summit in Brussels concluded yesterday in Brussels, the leaders of the European Union obliged the chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, to continue talks with the British.more
Talks between the UK and EU over a post-Brexit trade agreement are "over", Downing Street has said. No 10 said there was "no point" in discussions continuing next week unless the EU was prepared to discuss the detailed legal text of a partnership.more
A possible lack of agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union on future trade relations will not change the situation of EU citizens living there - emphasizes Mateusz Stąsiek, consul of the Republic of Poland in London. However, he reminds of the need to obtain settled status or pre-settled status.more
Britain’s chief Brexit negotiator has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson not to walk away from trade talks with the European Union because deals to cover security and fishing were possible over the next two weeks, The Times reported.more
The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced an update of the rules related to entry into Great Britain after Brexit. The British government has published a number of guidelines, including the issue of having a visa or the possibility of entering the country only with an ID card issued in Poland.more
Despite the progress indicated by the chief negotiators of the United Kingdom and the European Union, there are still important points of contention in the talks on future relations, and their overcoming is increasingly questionable ahead of the EU summit starting tomorrow.more
Michael Roth, Germany’s Europe minister, said time is running out to concludea deal and suggested the UK would have to give further ground on severalitems.more
The unity of the European Union on Brexit is strong. We will continue to work in the coming days and weeks on a fair deal on a future relationship with the UK, EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said on Twitter.more
EU relations with Great Britain, the climate and the epidemiological situation were among the topics of today's conversation between Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and the head of the Council of Europe Charles Michel - the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the EU in Brussels informed on Twitter.more
Britain will explore every possibility of a trade deal with the European Union, but progress must be made in the coming days to close the remaining gaps, Prime Minister Boris Johnson assured today in a conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron.more
Due to the end of the transition period and the exit from the European Union, from January 1, 2021, many of the existing rules will change - such as those related to free treatment in EU countries. The continuing validity of the European Health Insurance Card raises doubts in particular.more
More than four million applications have been made to the EU settlement scheme so far, figures suggest. EU citizens and their families are asked to apply to the Home Office scheme by June next year, in order to carrying on living and working in the UK when the Brexit transition period and freedom of movement ends.more
It's time for Great Britain to lay the cards on the table, summoned the head of the European Council Charles Michel after talking to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson The ongoing contacts at the highest political level have not yet unblocked negotiations between the two sides.more
"At the next EU summit, we will be encouraging to keep the EU-UK negotiations as long as possible. The EU cannot be responsible for the failure of these negotiations" said Minister for European Union Konrad Szymański today at the parliamentary committee meeting.more
