European Union

  • EU official warns ‘patience running out’ with UK over Brexit

    EU official warns ‘patience running out’ with UK over Brexit

    Apr 01, 2019 11:59

    European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has warned that the European Union (EU) is “running out” of patience with the United Kingdom over Brexit, days after a withdrawal deal put forward by embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered a third defeat in the country’s parliament.

  • UK should have said soft Brexit was inevitable in 2017: Chief whip

    UK should have said soft Brexit was inevitable in 2017: Chief whip

    Apr 01, 2019 07:30

    British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government should have said in 2017 that a softer Brexit was inevitable after it lost its parliamentary majority in an election, the chief enforcer of her Conservative Party in parliament said.

  • May under pressure to rule out long Brexit delay

    May under pressure to rule out long Brexit delay

    Mar 31, 2019 05:32

    British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing a new push by members of her Conservative Party to lead Britain out of the European Union in the next few months, even if it means a potentially damaging no-deal Brexit.

  • UK PM mulls fourth bid to pass Brexit deal in parliament

    UK PM mulls fourth bid to pass Brexit deal in parliament

    Mar 30, 2019 12:08

    British Prime Minister Theresa May is reportedly trying to find a way to put her European Union withdrawal deal to a fresh vote of the parliament after failing to gain the approval of the chamber on three occasions.

  • Brexit supporters, opponents rally outside parliament

    Brexit supporters, opponents rally outside parliament

    Mar 30, 2019 03:09

    Thousands of supporters and opponents of Britain’s divorce from the European Union have swarmed through the streets of London after British lawmakers rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal for a third time.

  • UK lawmakers reject Brexit deal for third time

    UK lawmakers reject Brexit deal for third time

    Mar 30, 2019 02:57

    British MPs on Friday rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's EU divorce deal for a third time, opening the way for a long delay to Brexit -- or a chaotic "no deal" withdrawal in two weeks.

  • Pound falls after UK parliament rejects Brexit plan

    Pound falls after UK parliament rejects Brexit plan

    Mar 30, 2019 01:28

    The pound fell Friday after Britain's parliament again rejected a proposed deal to withdraw from the European Union.

  • UK parliament to vote on Brexit deal for 3rd time

    UK parliament to vote on Brexit deal for 3rd time

    Mar 29, 2019 02:24

    UK Prime Minister Theresa May is set to push ahead with a critical vote on the “withdrawal agreement” of her Brexit deal.

  • May's Brexit deal is ‘dead’: Boris Johnson

    May's Brexit deal is ‘dead’: Boris Johnson

    Mar 28, 2019 09:38

    Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said Prime Minister Theresa May's twice-defeated Brexit divorce deal is dead, according to a report.

  • UK PM May pledges to quit to save Brexit deal

    UK PM May pledges to quit to save Brexit deal

    Mar 28, 2019 03:36

    UK Prime Minister Theresa May has offered to resign in a final effort to get Parliament to support her Brexit deal, as lawmakers failed in their own attempt to break the deadlock that has plunged Britain into crisis.