Brexit continues to fuel calls for second Scottish independence vote
Britain's departure from the European Union has revived the debate for an independent Scotland, which was thought to have been settled in a landmark referendum nearly six years ago. Scots voted by a majority of 55 percent to remain part of the United Kingdom in ...
Brexit's new chapter: The 'impossible' trade deal
With just days to go before Brexit, European diplomats are already hard at work for the next phase: negotiations to hammer out a future with Britain after its EU divorce. In the words of EU negotiator Michel Barnier, during the next phase of Brexit, Brussels ...
U.S. wants end to EU ban on 'chlorinated chicken' and hormone-treated beef
The U.S. said Monday that Europeans should reconsider their ban on so-called chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated beef imports, as efforts heat up to clinch a swift trade deal with Washington. This will ring alarm bells in Europe, where fears of U.S. food safety standards being ...
Ireland's Leo Varadkar says EU has upper hand in U.K. trade talks
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar believes the European Union has the upper hand in upcoming trade negotiations with Britain after Brexit, he said in an interview broadcast on Monday. Varadkar argued the size of the EU, which will comprise 27 countries once Britain has left ...
Will Brexit see European division at the U.N. Security Council?
In a recent U.N. Security Council vote on extending cross-border aid to Syria, Britain aligned with the United States and abstained in a rare split with its European partners that could herald others to come after Brexit. Some diplomats played down the Jan. 10 vote ...
U.K. opens door to scientists but warns firms about low-skilled migrants after Brexit
The U.K. will relax visa rules for top scientists next month, while pledging to clamp down on low-skilled migration after Brexit. The U.K. is due to leave the European Union in five days and the government has promised to end free movement by EU citizens. ...
Boris Johnson signs EU divorce treaty, hailing 'new chapter' in British history
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday hailed "a new chapter" in Britain's history as he signed its divorce treaty with the EU, clearing another hurdle before the country exits the bloc next Friday. It allows Britain to end its decades-long membership of the European Union ...
Poland's parliament on Thursday approved a controversial draft law aimed at disciplining judges who question government judicial reforms that the European Union says are out of step with the rule of law. The EU member country's lower house, where lawmakers from the governing right-wing Law ...
Brexit bill clears final U.K. parliamentary hurdle ahead of Jan. 31 divorce from EU
Britain moved a step closer to its Jan. 31 exit from the European Union when the legislation required to ratify its deal with Brussels passed its final stage in Parliament on Wednesday, bringing an end to more than three years of wrangling in Parliament ...
London calls for regulators' help to attract global business after Brexit
With Britain on the verge of quitting the European Union, the country's financiers are asking the U.K. government to revamp regulations to attract global business. Watchdogs should have the power "to make the U.K. a better place to do business" through a new mandate to ...
U.K.'s Johnson defeated on Brexit legislation for first time since election
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government was defeated in Parliament on Monday for the first time since a December election, with the upper chamber voting in favor of a move to protect the rights of EU citizens in Britain after Brexit. Johnson's Conservatives won a ...
Brexit spurs foreign policy balancing act for British leader Boris Johnson
Analysis Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears torn between the United States and the European Union as he tries to chart Britain's course on the international stage weeks before Brexit. From the fraught situation in Iran to controversy over the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, Johnson has been ...
