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Farage predicts 'new future for British democracy' on 23 May as MEPs debate Brexit

MEPs in Strasbourg engaged in an emotional debate on Tuesday over last week's decision to extend the Brexit deadline until October 31.

Raw Politics 13/03/2019

MEP Verhofstadt claims Farage aims to 'destroy the European Union from within' | Raw Politics

Belgian MEP Guy Verhofstadt accuses Nigel Farage of "trying to destroy the European Union from within".

United Kingdom 13/03/2019

Brexit: 'We’re leaving the EU, but we should be friends,’ British girl, 6, tells Tusk

A letter sent to EU Council President Donald Tusk from a 6-year-old British girl has brought leaders a little perspective during the tumultuous weeks before Brexit.

Theresa May at the European Council HQ in Brussels, February 7, 2019.

United Kingdom 08/03/2019

Brexit: Theresa May in last-ditch warning to EU over backstop

The UK prime minister is urging Brussels to make concessions. The EU says the UK must present new ideas. Both sides are deadlocked at a critical stage.

Belgium 19/12/2018

Verhofstadt calls on Facebook to remove 'false video' after Euronews debunk

The MEP wrote to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg calling on the platform to remove a video sponsored by the Hungarian government.

A truck commissioned by Hungary's government.

Belgium 07/12/2018

Hungary accuses Brussels of censorship after 'police action against controversial billboard'

The Hungarian government sent a truck mounted with a billboard to Brussels, which suggested a link between immigration and terror attacks.

brussels bureau 29/11/2018

Billboard battle brews between Brussels and Budapest

A billboard battle is brewing between Guy Verhofstadt and Viktor Orban, the former said he was not bothered by the Hungarian leader's jibe in his new poster campaign. Orban's billboard appears to suggest that all migrants are terrorists. Verhostadt told Euronews, that this is scandalous.

View 29/11/2018

Guy Verhofstadt: Compromising on EU values would mean selling out on our integrity | View

Sooner rather than later [...] the EU must be able to prevent and correct breaches of Union values. We should create the powers to apply sanctions – if necessary including financial sanctions - that can act as effective deterrence.