EU set to delay Brexit after Boris Johnson defeated in Parliament
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's defining mission to take the U.K. out of the European Union in nine days' time was derailed as members of Parliament dramatically blocked his plan to rush the Brexit deal into law. European Council President Donald Tusk responded by saying he ...
U.K. Commons speaker deals new blow to Johnson's Brexit plan, blocking parliamentary vote
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan to lead Britain out of the European Union at the end of this month hit another roadblock Monday when the speaker of the House of Commons rejected his attempt to hold a new vote of lawmakers on his Brexit ...
Japan has a long relationship with Britain. We must ensure that it endures as Brexit places a strain on both our countries.
Despite grudging delay request, Johnson faces frenzied week as Brexit deadline nears
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a frenzied week of activity in Parliament, and possibly in the courts, as he tries to woo rebellious lawmakers in time to meet the Oct. 31 Brexit deadline. Johnson has vowed to avoid needing yet another extension to that ...
Doing the math shows Boris Johnson might yet get Brexit done
Boris Johnson was defeated in Parliament on Saturday. But an analysis of that vote, and the comments its members made in the run-up, suggests the prime minister still has a chance of getting his Brexit deal done. Ministers of Parliament voted by 322 to 306 ...
U.K.'s Boris Johnson asks EU for Brexit delay, but hopes he won't need it
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson grudgingly asked the European Union late Saturday to delay Brexit after Parliament postponed a decision on whether to back his divorce deal. But the defiant Johnson also made clear that he personally opposed delaying the U.K.'s exit, scheduled for ...
U.K. lawmakers withhold support for Brexit deal, forcing Johnson toward delay
In a major blow to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, U.K. lawmakers voted Saturday to postpone a decision on whether to back his Brexit deal with the European Union, throwing a wrench into government plans to leave the bloc at the end of this ...
Anti-Brexit activists march to Parliament as lawmakers debate deal
Tens of thousands of pro-EU protesters from across Britain wielding banners, placards and flags converged on Parliament on Saturday, as MPs debated the government's Brexit deal. Beneath largely clear blue skies, demonstrators rallied near Hyde Park in central London before marching to Westminster to call ...
U.K. heading for 'fairly hard' Brexit if Johnson deal passes
If Prime Minister Boris Johnson wins parliamentary backing for the Brexit deal he clinched with Brussels on Thursday, Britain will be on course for more distant economic ties with the European Union, making the country poorer. Compared with the deal his predecessor Theresa May reached ...
U.K. clinches Brexit deal, but now Boris Johnson must face Parliament
Britain clinched an eleventh-hour Brexit deal with the EU on Thursday, more than three years after Britons voted in a referendum to leave the bloc, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson still faces a knife-edge vote in Parliament to get it approved. "Where there is a ...
Amid Brexit chaos, abandoning U.K. operations no simple task for Japanese firms
With the deadline for the U.K.'s withdrawal from the European Union fast approaching, the question for Japanese manufacturers and other businesses with operations there is not as simple as whether to stay or go. Some companies say they must balance a complex equation, and weigh ...
