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STRASBOURG, France (AFP) – European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said on Wednesday he would welcome any British attempt to rejoin the EU after Brexit, as Brussels jumped on speculation about a second referendum. Juncker’s comment about possible re-accession comes a day after European Council President Donald Tusk said that the bloc’s “hearts were still open” if Britain decided to change its mind about leaving the EU. Top EU officials have made a series of remarks about […]
by Danny Kemp and Alice Ritchie Agence France-Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) – British Prime Minister Theresa May pressed EU leaders Thursday for a Brexit deal she can “defend” at home as her counterparts said at a summit in Brussels that there were encouraging signs of progress in the talks. May appealed for “urgent” movement at a summit dinner, the night before her 27 counterparts were set to decide that there had not been enough progress on divorce […]
by Philippe Agret Agence France-Presse STRASBOURG, France (AFP) – The European Parliament is set to say Tuesday that Brexit divorce talks have made insufficient progress, in a blow to British hopes of unlocking negotiations on a future trade deal this month. MEPs meeting in Strasbourg, France, will vote on a resolution calling on EU leaders to postpone a decision, scheduled for a summit on October 19, on whether to move on to the next phase of talks. […]
KYOTO, Japan (Reuters) — British Prime Minister Theresa May and her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe boarded a Shinkansen ‘Bullet Train’ from Kyoto to the capital Tokyo on Wednesday (August 30), during May’s visit to the country for trade talks. On Wednesday, May said that Britain is looking at ways to replicate the trade deals that the European Union has with countries outside the bloc when it exits the EU in March 2019. The freedom to […]
(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May will trigger the divorce process from the European Union by the end of March, firing the starting gun on the country’s biggest shift in policy since World War Two. May, appointed prime minister shortly after Britain voted in June to leave the bloc, has been under pressure from EU officials, investors and members of her Conservative Party to offer more on her plan for Britain’s exit, beyond […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May is being briefed on the “terrible incident” in Nice and the UK authorities stand ready to assist their French counterparts, Downing Street said Friday. The British premier’s office said it was “shocked and concerned” by the scenes in the Mediterranean resort. A truck ploughed into a crowd in the southeastern French city on Thursday, leaving at least 70 dead and scores injured in an “attack” […]
