Europe News

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.

25/02/2020

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.

19/02/2020

United Kingdom

'No trade deal without fisheries rights,' EU's Barnier tells UK

Even as smoke was still clearing from fireworks marking the end of Britain’s EU membership, Britain and the EU were both gearing up for Brexit talks.

01/02/2020

United Kingdom

Michel Barnier: Full UK-EU trade deal in 2020 is 'unrealistic'

It's again raised fears about the possibility of a no-deal Brexit.

09/01/2020

Portugal

Barnier: ‘Not even Farage can explain the benefits of Brexit to me’

“No-one has ever managed to explain the added value of Brexit to me, not even Nigel Farage,” the EU's chief Brexit negotiator told Web Summit in Lisbon.

05/11/2019

Europe News

Explainer: How is Boris Johnson's new Brexit deal different?

Johnson's deal explained

18/10/2019

Europe News

DUP rejects plan 'as things stand' as EU and UK hail Brexit deal

The UK and the EU say they have reached agreement on a Brexit deal but the British PM has yet to win the support of his parliamentary allies at home.

15/10/2019

United Kingdom

‘Much work needed’ to secure Brexit deal ahead of crucial EU summit

Intensive Brexit talks will continue on Monday after the weekend’s discussions brought no breakthrough between London and Brussels.

11/10/2019

United Kingdom

New UK proposals 'do not provide a basis' for Brexit deal, says EU

"Member States agreed that the UK proposals do not provide a basis for concluding an agreement."

05/10/2019

World News

Barnier: EU still awaits 'legal and operational' Brexit ideas from UK

"We are still ready to work on any new legal and operational proposal from the UK," Barnier told reporters on arriving for talks with European lawmakers on the latest developments on Brexit. "We are still waiting for this."

26/09/2019

Germany

EU negotiator Barnier says UK's Brexit stance is 'unacceptable'

EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said talks with the UK were in a "very sensitive and difficult phase" as he criticised the UK government's position.

23/09/2019

United Kingdom

MEPs vote to support Brexit extension should UK request one

The European Parliament on Wednesday voted 544-126 for a resolution supporting the UK being given a possible extension of the Article 50 negotiation period for Brexit should it request one.

18/09/2019

Belgium

EU chief says 'no initiative' shown that would reopen Brexit talks

European Parliament President David Sassoli is speaking about Brexit and other issues after meeting with the EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier

12/09/2019

World

Boris Johnson's demands are 'unacceptable', says EU's Michel Barnier

Boris Johnson's demands are unacceptable, says EU's Michel Barnier

25/07/2019

Europe News

The Brief: intrigue over EU top job ahead of EU summit

Brussels is digesting the election results this Monday, but Tuesday will be see EU leaders meet in the Belgian capital to barter over who will take over the Commission President's job from Jean-Claude Juncker this Autumn.

31/05/2019

World News

Michel Barnier says deal is UK's only option for 'orderly' Brexit

The EU's chief Brexit negotiator says the UK will not be able to renegotiate the deal regardless of what the Conservative leadership candidates say

30/05/2019

World News

'We can not allow Brexit to overshadow important things'

"We have things to do! And we can not allow Brexit to overshadow important things, because it keeps occupying our mind, our media, precious time that heads of states and government could use by discussing with one another," Margrethe Vestager tells Euronews.

12/04/2019

Netherlands

Watch: 'Take care of Europe,' urges EU Brexit chief Michel Barnier

Barnier called on EU citizens to "take care of Europe," after retelling of a meeting with Nigel Farage in which the arch Brexiteer asserted that "after Brexit, the EU will no longer exist".

11/04/2019

Luxembourg

EU ready to update political declaration if UK agrees to customs union

The EU's Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier said the UK's request for a longer delay of Brexit depends on whether cross-party talks result in a majority in the House of Commons that agrees to vote for withdrawal agreement.

09/04/2019

World

Raw Politics in full: no-deal Brexit and NATO defence spending

Watch Tuesday night's full episode of Raw Politics.

03/04/2019