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France

France fines two British fishing boats amid row with UK

France and the UK are at heads over fishing licenses, with France threatening to impose more customs checks on products coming across the English Channel.

United Kingdom

UK reiterates demand to end ECJ role ahead of latest Brexit talks

"We cannot have the courts of one side settling disputes between us," UK Brexit Secretary David Frost said on Monday.

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson hails trade deal agreed between UK and New Zealand

Trade with New Zealand currently accounts for just 0.2 percent of the UK’s trade, but Britain hopes the new deal will help gain membership of the trans-Pacific trade partnership.

Belgium

Brexit back in play again as UK and EU restart talks on N Ireland

UK Brexit negotiator David Frost met EU Commissioner Maros Sefcovic for lunch in Brussels as both sides try to bridge gaps over post-Brexit trade in Northern Ireland.

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United Kingdom

'Worst option': UK hauliers slam move to attract foreign lorry drivers

The British government wants to increase the number of deliveries foreign lorry drivers can make in the UK to unblock the country's supply chain logjam.

My Europe Series

Europe's week: Brexit again, new Austrian chancellor, energy crisis

European Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič on Wednesday announced that Brussels would be making concessions in its approach to the Northern Ireland Protocol.

United Kingdom

Pigs pile up as Brexit and COVID leave UK farms with butcher shortfall

The UK government is issuing up to 800 temporary visas for foreign butchers to address a shortage of abattoir workers which has led to a backlog of pigs on farms.

France

'Just you huit!': France threatens fishing row retaliation in 8 days

"We have been very patient, too patient (...) The British do not want to give a certain number of licences not because they lack information but because they have made this political choice," France's Europe minister said.

Belgium

What is the EU's olive branch to the UK over NI Brexit row?

The proposals outlined by Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič aim to ease trade complications but will likely not meet UK demands to replace the Brexit protocol.

United Kingdom

Christmas dinner: How suppliers are struggling amid UK labour deficit

Farming is one of several sectors suffering from an acute lack of workers, as official figures on Tuesday showed a record 1.2 million job vacancies in the UK.

Portugal

Brexit: UK's Lord Frost offers EU 'new legal text' on N Ireland

David Frost's speech in Portugal follows a war of words between London and Brussels over the post-Brexit protocol that the UK government wants changed.

Ireland

UK's N Ireland demands risk 'breakdown' in EU relations, Ireland warns

Both Brussels and London have blamed each other for the lack of progress and warned they're running out of patience.

United Kingdom

Brussels plans 'dramatic' changes to ease N Ireland protocol row

The EU-UK 'sausage wars' could be coming to an end and GB-Northern Ireland border checks greatly reduced under Brussels' plan, EU sources tell Euronews.

United Kingdom

UK: Business urges Johnson to put flesh on bones of post-Brexit vision

The UK prime minister outlined a vision for a "high wage, high skill, high productivity and low tax economy" but gave no details of how he intends to achieve it.

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson lauds UK's 'fastest' COVID vaccination campaign

Johnson said that wealth creators, companies and bankers were the reason the vaccine was available so quickly, and "should be praised, not vilified'.

France

France demands EU gets 'tougher' with UK over Brexit fishing rights

The French government said they're looking into retaliatory measures after the UK and Jersey awarded just a small number of licences to French vessels.

United Kingdom

EU's tactics have eroded support for Northern Ireland protocol - Frost

The Protocol, negotiated as part of the Brexit divorce and signed off on by both the EU and UK parliaments, sees Northern Ireland remain part of the EU's Single Market, in effect creating a de-facto border in the Irish Sea.

United Kingdom

Tory conference: Johnson's party ahead in polls despite economic woes

Despite the impact of Brexit and the pandemic, opinion surveys suggest the UK's ruling Conservatives are polling ahead of the Labour opposition as the party meets in Manchester.

United Kingdom

UK calls on army and foreign lorry drivers to fight fuel supply crisis

Military personnel will be deployed next week to distribute petrol, while 300 visas for overseas tanker drivers will be issued 'immediately'.

World News

UK stops accepting ID cards for European arrivals

European citizens now need a valid passport to enter the UK as post-Brexit rules enter into force on Friday.