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UKIP: United Kingdom does not need a trade deal with EU

With the Brexit deadline rapidly approaching, UKIP, the self-proclaimed “Brexit guard dog,” is warning that a Brexit delay would only reaffirm people’s mistrust in Westminster politicians

Economy

Europe's poverty gap

"The problem is not that we run out of money occasionally. The real problem is that we live our entire lives this way and our children grow up in this too.”

World

MPs will vote down May's deal if changes insufficient: Boris Johnson

In light of Tuesday evening's votes in the House of Commons, Boris Johnson, former UK foreign minister, remained unconvinced that the result would change the course of Brexit.

United Kingdom

UK MPs say they want a new Brexit deal. EU says 'No'

British MPs voted on amendments to Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal on Tuesday, backing calls for a "no-deal" Brexit to be ruled out and for the Irish backstop to be replaced with "alternative arrangements".

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World

Raw Politics in full: Brexit, fake news and the Green Party

Check out this Tuesday's full episode of Raw Politics

World

Breunion Boys: European boyband on a mission to 'win Britain back'

This Dutch band is doing its best to prevent Brexit — and doing so in a musical way. The Breunion Boys, who launched their first single 'Britain Come Back' in December, write songs with the hope of preventing Brexit.

United Kingdom

May asks British MPs to support Irish backstop alternative

British PM Theresa May has asked MPs to support an alternative to the Northern Irish backstop in her Brexit deal.

World News

This is how Facebook will fight fake news in the European elections

Facebook has announced a series of measures it will take in May's European Parliament elections to ensure the vote is free from interference.

World News

Euroviews. The week that was: peeling back the curtain to reveal the truth | View

Our weekly round-up of all the opinions that have been driving debate across Europe and beyond over the last seven days.

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: Venezuela, climate march, yellow vests

Today's top stories in Europe

Kyrgyzstan

Euroviews. Kyrgyzstan’s human rights abuses should sound alarm bells over closer ties with the EU | View

While [Kyrgyzstan] boasts a very active and engaged civil society, Askarov’s imprisonment, and the government’s abject failure to act on the UN Human Rights Committee’s decision in his case [...] should give EU officials considerable pause.

Europe News

EU united on Venezuelan crisis - kind of

Differences under the surface along party lines

Lithuania

No deal may be better than extending Brexit negotiations: Lithuanian president

"Nobody cares anymore what exactly the details are"

United Kingdom

How Brexit-prepped are you? Stockpiling website promises to help

Euronews has talked to the people behind the tongue-in-cheek website that promises to help Britons stockpile ahead of the UK's scheduled exit from the European Union

The Cube

British restaurant owner defiant amid abuse over anti-Brexit receipts

The owner of a London restaurant that hit headlines for printing anti-Brexit messages at the bottom of its receipts says he will not be deterred by threats.

World News

Euroviews. Why Europe should partner the world’s smallholders to adopt big tech | View

The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture has been a great opportunity to define the roles that we each can play in this move towards digitalisation but it is only the start. Devoting more time, energy and investment to this crucial area is in all of our interests if we are to guarantee our future

Switzerland

Merkel encourages multilateralism in the face of populism at Davos

German Chancellor Angela Merkel championed globalisation and multilateralism in the face of populism in her keynote address at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

United Kingdom

How could a second UK referendum on Brexit be organised?

The Labour opposition's backing for the idea has revived interest in another public vote to settle the Brexit gridlock.

World News

ECJ tells UK to respect all EU rules until Brexit, including on asylum

The principle of the first country of entry remains, the Luxembourg-based judges ruled

World News

EU fines Mastercard €570 million following anti-trust investigation

The European Commission said it had fined Mastercard following investigation into breaches of the EU's anti-trust rules