By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, arrived with the gift of much-needed rain and cheer on Wednesday for the rural Australian city of Dubbo, where farmers are struggling with a prolonged drought. The prince charmed the crowd at a picnic in the town’s main park, standing at a […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday dismissed media reports that France was preparing to impose visas on British travellers in case of a no-deal Brexit. “It’s fake news, as some other leaders would say,” Macron told reporters at an EU summit. “We will not start visas.” Several British newspapers said earlier this […]
By Elizabeth Piper and Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May and other EU leaders voiced renewed confidence on Thursday they could secure a Brexit deal, saying they were working hard to overcome the hurdles that only days ago brought the talks to a halt. Less than six months before Britain quits […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday it was now up to British Prime Minister Theresa May to come back with new Brexit proposals that she can defend politically at home. Negotiating a Brexit agreement had become a British political issue, Macron said during a news conference in Brussels, and was no […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain’s departure from the European Union must be orderly and include an insurance against a hard border on the island of Ireland, the European Union’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Thursday. “Brexit must include a solid, all-weather backstop to avoid a hard border (between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland),” […]
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union would have “huge difficulties” agreeing to a United Kingdom-wide Irish border backstop as it would expose the bloc’s single market to unfair competition, Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Thursday. Speaking at a news conference after EU leaders gathered in Brussels to seek a way […]
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and Britain have given themselves a few more weeks to break the deadlock in their Brexit talks but for Brussels the delay seems mainly about Prime Minister Theresa May dealing with critics back in London. An accord sketched by officials from both sides last weekend stalled […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain is not proposing extending the post-Brexit transition period but the option to do so could help solve the issue of the Northern Irish backstop, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday. “What has now emerged is the idea that an option to extend the implementation period could be a further solution […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday that there were still considerable unresolved issues with the European Union relating to a backstop Irish border arrangement, but that Britain had made a new proposal on the subject. “On the withdrawal agreement there are a few but considerable outstanding issues in relation to […]
