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Brexit: Von der Leyen, Johnson say gaps between EU and Britain remain

The EU and the UK are still no closer to breaking the deadlock with three months to go until the end of the Brexit transition period.

Belgium

Serious differences remain after latest round of Brexit trade talks

Will a meeting between UK PM Boris Johnson and EU chief Ursula Von der Leyen on Saturday help break the deadlock?

My Europe Series

Europe's week: A row over rule of law and fears over cultural sector

In this edition we look at how relations between Brussels and Budapest soured over democratic values, and also at how the cultural sector can be revived post-pandemic.

United Kingdom

EU Brexit infringement case: What is it and should the UK be worried?

Brussels launched legal action against the UK on Thursday but with fewer than 100 days to go until the end of the transition period, should the UK be that concerned?

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EU launches legal action against UK over controversial Brexit bill

The UK government now has one month to reply to the Commission's letter.

United Kingdom

Brexit: UK MPs back government's contentious Internal Market Bill

The bill was approved by 340 votes to 256, a government majority of 84.

Belgium

EU looking at 'all legal options' should London breach Brexit treaty

The meeting between the UK's Michael Gove and the EU's Maros Sefcovic on the Withdrawal Agreement comes after Britain unveiled plans to break international law over it.

World News

Respect for international law 'not optional', says EU chief

In a thinly-veiled reference to the UK, EU chief Charles Michel said "respect for treaties, a basic principle of international law, comes to be considered optional even by those who, until recently, were its historical guarantors".

United Kingdom

Controversial Brexit bill passes latest stage in UK parliament

The EU threatened legal action if parts of the contentious bill, which a UK government minister admitted broke international law, were not removed.

United Kingdom

Amal Clooney quits as UK special envoy over 'lamentable' Brexit plan

Clooney, who is the country's special envoy on media freedom, said she was "dismayed" to learn that the government intends to pass legislation that would effectively override sections of the Brexit withdrawal agreement.

United Kingdom

Disunited Kingdom: Why Brexit makes Scottish independence more likely

Six years on from the referendum on Scottish independence, polls suggest Scots are keener than ever to dissolve their 300-year-old union with England. Brexit is the driving force, analysts have told Euronews.

United Kingdom

Brexit: Johnson compromises with MPs to head off revolt over bill

The move may cut little ice with the EU, which wants the UK to ditch the plan to override the Brexit divorce deal, breaking international law.

United Kingdom

Biden to UK: No US trade deal if Irish peace deal is Brexit 'casualty'

The US presidential candidate's warning comes amid international dismay at the UK government's plan to overrule parts of the legally-binding EU divorce deal.

United Kingdom

UK doing more COVID-19 tests than any other European country, says PM

As he faced a grilling from British lawmakers at PMQs, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the UK was carrying out more COVID-19 tests than any other European country per 1,000 of the population.

United Kingdom

Brexit: Is Boris Johnson justified in breaching international law?

The UK government says its internal market bill which would override part of the Brexit divorce agreement, breaching international law, is an "insurance policy".

World

EU's Barnier and UK's Frost take Brexit frustrations onto Twitter

Michel Barnier and his British counterpart David Frost took their Brexit frustrations onto Twitter with a very public argument about food imports.

United Kingdom

Brexit bill to override EU divorce deal passes first parliament hurdle

MPs backed Boris Johnson's controversial Internal Market Bill which breaches international law by a majority of 77 but a potential rebellion looms.

United Kingdom

Former UK PMs Blair and Major hit out at Johnson over new Brexit bill

"This way of negotiating, with reason cast aside in pursuit of ideology and cavalier bombast posing as serious diplomacy, is irresponsible, wrong in principle and dangerous in practice," the former UK leaders said.

United Kingdom

Is UK's new trade deal with Japan better than the EU's one?

The UK government has pegged its free trade agreement with Japan as a win — but how does it compare with the EU accord it will lose in December?

United Kingdom

UK secures free trade agreement with Japan in first deal post-Brexit

The UK announced a new free trade agreement with Japan, the first major deal since Brexit.