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EU launches legal action over UK Brexit bill
On Tuesday, British MPs backed a bill to regulate the UK's internal market from January 1, when Britain completes its post-Brexit transition period and leaves...
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Migration is burning issue in EU election campaign
In all, around 7.5% of the more than 510 million people in the EU did not hold the citizenship of the country where they lived as of January 1, 2017, according to Eurostat.
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Govt working on plan to ensure stable ties with UK after Brexit, says Davies
The UK was set to leave the EU at the end of the week but that’s been potentially delayed to 12 April.
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NATO leaders to meet in London in December
Britain is due to leave the European Union on 29 March and the December meeting will be seen as a signal of solidarity between NATO and the UK.
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EU renews Congo sanctions ahead of presidential election
The decision is likely to worsen relations between the EU and President Joseph Kabila’s government, which has lobbied against sanctions it calls an illegal violation of its sovereignty.
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Economists warn UK may be hit by recession in Brexit deal
There has been a sharp decline in the value of the pound with the rand strengthening to 17.97 to sterling on Friday.
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UK's May takes Brexit deal to cabinet as MPs revolt
After months of talks, May announced late Tuesday that negotiators had finally struck a draft agreement on the terms of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union next March.
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Britain confident of Brexit financial services deal soon
Britain’s Financial Services Minister John Glen said government was prioritising the need to have a long-term and best solution for the 'power house' financial services sector.
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May seeks to reassure EU leaders on Brexit deal
But three days after talks stalled over the Irish border “backstop”, thwarting hopes of a deal at the summit, May arrived determined to stress that an accord was still on the cards.
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Britain after Brexit and the impact on the geopolitical landscape
Despite what geography might suggest, the UK isn’t an island in foreign policy terms and becoming a less reliable partner as a consequence of the destabilising process of leaving the EU could jeopardise the networks and coalitions the UK has built up over decades.
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Corbyn makes pitch for power as MPs spar over Brexit
The veteran leftist is expected to dodge direct commitments on the toxic issue, and instead advance a radical domestic agenda built around themes of social justice.
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Brexit rebels make proposals on Irish border issue
Both the EU and Britain want to avoid a so-called hard border between UK’s Northern Ireland and the EU’s Irish Republic because such a border could undermine a 1998 peace agreement that ended decades of sectarian conflict in the north.
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EU raps Guatemala for 'step backward' on corruption
The EU says the decision by the government not to renew the mandate of CICIG constitutes a step backward in the consolidation of rule of law.
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Macron targets French welfare spending as deficit pressure rises
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said that the government would press on with its reform drive in the face of record unpopularity after little more than a year in office.
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Visiting Northern Irish border, PM May to defend her Brexit plan
May will tell the people of Northern Ireland on Friday that her Brexit plan is the best way to avoid a hard border with Ireland, standing firm against critics in her own party.
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Under pressure from populists, EU doubles down on curbing migration
At stake is EU members’ unity and trust in each other, as well as the bloc’s Schengen zone of control-free travel.
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In Brexit showdown, May faces issue of 'meaningful vote'
It will be the first major test after the upper house, the House of Lords, introduced 15 major changes to her Brexit blueprint, the EU Withdrawal Bill, including that on the “meaningful vote”.
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EU will act against US tariffs on steel, aluminium: Merkel
Turning to Russia, Merkel said she could imagine Moscow re-joining the G7 format at some point, but there first had to be progress in the implementation of the peace plan for Ukraine.
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Europe offers no guarantees but vows to keep Iran deal alive
British, French and German foreign ministers, along with the EU’s top diplomat, discussed the next steps with their Iranian counterpart, a week after US President Donald Trump abandoned the pact.
