European Union

UK parliament supports government bid to seek Brexit delay

Mar 15, 2019 03:42

Members of Parliament in Britain have allowed the government to seek a delay to its withdrawal from the European Union beyond the planned departure date of March 29.
Corbyn calls on MPs to delay Brexit, take control after May’s failure

Mar 14, 2019 07:55

UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called on Members of Parliament (MPs) to delay the country’s exit from the European Union and take control of the process, after Prime Minister Theresa May lost two key votes on her EU withdrawal plan and a possible ‘no-deal’ exit in the House of Commons.
British lawmakers rule out no-deal Brexit

Mar 14, 2019 05:02

British MPs vote to rule out the possibility of a Brexit without any deal.
UK to heavily tax German, French imports after hard Brexit

Mar 13, 2019 14:22

The British government has announced a series of tariffs to be imposed on products coming from the European Union countries which will go into effect if London withdraws from the bloc with no deal at the end of March.
EU warns chances for hard Brexit have never been higher

Mar 13, 2019 11:07

The European Union’s top negotiator for Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc has warned that chances for a hard and disorderly Brexit have never been higher after members of the British parliament refused for a second time to endorse a divorce deal signed between London and the EU.
British parliament to vote on whether to leave EU without a deal

Mar 13, 2019 11:03

Britain’s parliament will vote on Wednesday on whether to leave the European Union in 16 days without an agreement as the government said it would eliminate import tariffs on a wide range of goods in a no-deal Brexit scenario.
British politics in Brexit flux

Mar 13, 2019 06:28

Britain has been in a dilemma for the past months as there are differences of opinion on whether to implement Brexit or not and the way of implementing it. Matthew Jamison is a Senior Parliamentary Researcher at the House of Commons and holds two degrees from Cambridge University. He has touched upon the issue in his article titled, "British politics in Brexit flux".
May’s Brexit deal suffers shattering defeat in Parliament again

Mar 13, 2019 04:49

British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal deal has been rejected by lawmakers in the House of Commons, sending the country into chaos just 17 days before the planned departure date.
EU says will blacklist UAE, Oman as havens for tax evasion

Mar 13, 2019 04:20

The finance ministers of the European Union have agreed to revise a blacklist for tax havens outside the bloc, adding 10 countries including the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and British and Dutch oversea territories to the list, despite last-minute push-back by some EU nations.
EU warns US against military action on Venezuela

Mar 12, 2019 16:44

The European Union has cautioned the United States against taking military action against Venezuela, saying the Latin American country’s crisis has to be resolved through peaceful and political solutions.