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Belgian fishermen fear Brexit fish fight fallout

We travel to Ostend where Belgian fishermen are worried that their livelihoods are at risk as the EU and UK kick off trade talks.

United Kingdom

What are the UK-EU sticking points over a post-Brexit trade deal?

London and Brussels face a race against time to strike agreement before the transition period expires at the end of the year.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Britain’s “Hostile Environment” is destroying the lives of those who contribute to the UK ǀ View

I had never heard the phrase “hostile environment” until I moved to the UK in 2016, just a few months before the Brexit vote. I assumed - perhaps naively, perhaps arrogantly - that this hostility was reserved for vulnerable refugees, illegal immigrants or convicted criminals.

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Barnier: EU will not conclude post-Brexit trade deal 'at any price'

EU ministers have formalised the bloc’s post-Brexit negotiating stance ahead of upcoming trade talks with the UK.

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United Kingdom

Rollout of UK's new blue passports to begin in March

"The British passport will once again be entwined with our national identity and I cannot wait to travel on one," said UK interior minister Priti Patel.

World

Will Brexit boost UK and GCC trade relations?

The United Kingdom has officially left the European Union on 31 January and, being free to negotiate its own trade deals, regions like the Middle East are looking like a new exciting, investment arena.

Netherlands

'Increasing number of firms moving to the Netherlands over Brexit'

Brexit has seen scores of firms relocate to the Netherlands, it's claimed, and hundreds more are in talks to follow them.

World

Let UK nationals keep EU citizenship, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

Sadiq Khan is urging the EU and the UK government to allow British people to remain EU citizens.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. In Brexit Britain, Northern Ireland must again turn to the US to uphold our rights ǀ View

In the face of a British government abdicating its responsibilities to the Northern Ireland peace accord, the people of Northern Ireland are turning once again to the US.

United Kingdom

‘Speak English’ in order to work in UK, post-Brexit migrants are told

The UK’s future immigration policy includes a points-based system designed to end ‘cheap labour from Europe’.

United Kingdom

UK blasts EU's Barnier for rejecting post-Brexit Canada trade deal

The EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier says the UK cannot have a Canada-style trade deal with the bloc, prompting an angry response from Downing Street.

United Kingdom

We won't accept supervision in post-Brexit deal, UK tells EU

"To think that we might accept EU supervision on so-called level playing field issues simply fails to see the point of what we are doing", the British negotiator David Frost said in a speech he gave on a visit to Brussels.

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UK to set out post-Brexit trade vision as France warns of tense talks

France’s foreign minister warns the UK and EU could ‘rip each other apart’ in upcoming negotiations, as Britain prepares to set out a robust position.

My Europe Series

Surging numbers of migrants are using small boats to reach the UK

Desperate migrants hiding in the back of freight trucks to get to Britain on ferries had been the target, but now smugglers have switched their tactics and record numbers are now risking their lives, attempting to get across the English Channel, from France to the UK, in small boats

Germany

Mayor impact: Brexit felt in rural Germany as village loses its chief

Europe has not felt the full impact of Brexit yet. But one corner of rural Germany is feeling its effects already.

United Kingdom

EU chief: UK should be ‘more ambitious over post-Brexit trade

The European Commission president addressed the European Parliament’s first post-Brexit session in Strasbourg.

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Sturgeon talks up Scotland's place in post-Brexit Europe

On her first visit to Brussels following Brexit, Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon insisted on Scotland's place in the European Union, as a sovereign independent state. Her remarks were made during a speech at a Brussels-based think tank.

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Euroviews. Forget politics and bureaucracy. Having a stronger cultural indentity will unite the EU ǀ View

The current mobilisation of right-wing protests against the Establishment, against the bureaucracy of the EU, and against immigration and acceptance of war refugees in Europe, is fed by two interrelated sources: national identity and cultural identity.

France

Macron urges EU nuclear defence strategy — with France at centre

"Nuclear force is our final recourse, the cornerstone of our security, the guarantor of our vital interests," French president declared.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Why I’m excited to do business in Brexit Britain as an EU entrepreneur ǀ View

I personally think that the EU as a concept is generally a good thing. I understand there are frustrations with giving away power and potentially having less of a say in key issues, but I'm a believer in doing things together rather than as separate entities.