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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday said it was “impossible” for her to rule out a no-deal Brexit without stopping the process altogether, as she tries to come up with a strategy before exit day on March 29. May was responding to a letter from opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn asking her to exclude crashing out of the EU as a precondition for talks about Brexit compromise proposals. May […]
by Dmitry ZAKS Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday narrowly survived a no-confidence vote sparked by the crushing defeat of her Brexit deal just weeks before the UK leaves the European Union. A stunning 24-hour span saw May on Tuesday dealt the heaviest drubbing by parliament in modern British political history — 432 votes to 202 — over the divorce terms she reached with Brussels. She […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Prime Minister Theresa May was left “crushed” and “humiliated”, Britain’s newspapers said Wednesday as they raked over the fallout from parliament’s huge rejection of her EU divorce deal. Daily papers said May’s deal was sunk after the huge vote against the agreement struck between May’s government and Brussels, as she prepared to fight a no-confidence motion on Wednesday. The Daily Telegraph’s front page read: “A complete humiliation”, following the 432 […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets on Tuesday rebounded from the previous day’s sharp losses but investors remain wary of any further sign of weakness in the global economy while the pound extended gains ahead of a crunch Brexit vote later in the day. China’s disappointing trade data on Monday sent shivers through trading floors as it showed the long-running US tariffs row is beginning to bite. But dealers got back on the horse, […]
by Alice Ritchie and Dave Clark Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Theresa May told fellow EU leaders Thursday that she can get their Brexit divorce deal past British lawmakers if they promise new sweeteners — such as a target date for a broad free trade deal. The beleaguered British prime minister came to the EU summit one day after seeing off a challenge to her leadership from within her own party, desperate to […]
by Dario THUBURN Agence France Presse LONDON, United States (AFP) — Prime Minister Theresa May faces an angry parliament Wednesday after delaying a key vote on her Brexit deal in a desperate move that leaves the agreement and her own future in limbo. The British leader toured European capitals on Tuesday in an attempt to salvage the deal, after MPs savaged its provisions on the issue of the Irish border. May said she wanted “assurances” […]
by Alice RITCHIE / Dave CLARK in Brussels Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday postponed a parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal to avoid a crushing defeat, saying she would return to Brussels for further talks — but the EU warned it would not reopen the agreement. In an emergency statement to the House of Commons, May conceded that the draft divorce agreement she struck with […]
by Alex PIGMAN and Toni CERDÀ Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May was headed back to Brussels on Saturday to defend the planned Brexit divorce deal even as Spain threatened to boycott an EU summit meant to endorse it. May has final day talks scheduled with EU leaders Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk, although diplomats said the withdrawal agreement is finished and ready for EU leaders to approve […]
by Alice RITCHIE / with Damon WAKE in Brussels Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom(AFP) — Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday fended off heavy opposition in parliament after Britain and the EU agreed on the outlines of post-Brexit ties as part of a draft deal due to be signed off by EU leaders. After briefing her cabinet in a hastily-arranged teleconference call, May addressed the House of Commons, saying the agreement was the “best […]
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez maintained his threat to scupper Britain’s draft deal to exit the European Union following a meeting with UK counterpart Theresa May on Thursday. “After my conversation with Theresa May, our positions remain far away. My government will always defend the interests of Spain. If there are no changes, we will veto Brexit,” Sanchez wrote on Twitter after arriving for a historic state visit to Cuba. Madrid […]
by Patrice NOVOTNY Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – British businesses breathed a sigh of relief after the cabinet on Wednesday gave its backing to a draft Brexit deal that still faces numerous hurdles in Brussels and London. The pound rose to around $1.3016 after Prime Minister Theresa May announced she had received the backing of her ministers, compared to $1.2977 at close of trading on Tuesday. The Confederation of British Industry, the main […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Prime Minister Theresa May will tell Britain’s parliament on Monday that Brexit negotiations are “95 percent” complete but that she cannot accept the European Union’s Northern Ireland border proposals — as she faces down an increasingly mutinous faction within her own party. May has been on the receiving end of a furious backlash from Brexit hardliners in her own party after indicating at an EU summit last week that she […]
