Tag: brexit
EU moves to ratify Brexit accord despite delay request
BRUSSELS: Brussels officials on Sunday pressed on with plans to ratify the divorce deal as European leaders considered Prime Minister Boris Johnson's reluctant request...
Be flexible, creative and we will too, UK Brexit Minister urges...
MADRID: Britain’s Brexit minister on Thursday urged the European Union to show flexibility and creativity in striking a deal, although he stuck to his...
Brexit in chaos after court rules PM’s suspension of parliament was...
LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s suspension of the British parliament was unlawful, a Scottish court ruled on Wednesday, prompting immediate calls for lawmakers to return...
Queen allows British PM Johnson to suspend parliament before Brexit
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will limit parliament’s ability to derail his Brexit plan by cutting the amount of time it will sit...
Britain’s Corbyn ‘will do everything necessary’ to stop no-deal Brexit
LONDON/BRUSSELS: Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said he would do everything necessary to prevent Britain leaving the European Union without a divorce deal...
UK leadership hopefuls clash over Brexit promises
LONDON: Boris Johnson stood accused Tuesday of having nothing to offer Britain but "blind optimism" as he and his rival for the premiership clashed...
UK PM candidate Javid says Boris Johnson is ‘yesterday’s news’
LONDON: Sajid Javid, one of the candidates vying to succeed British Prime Minister Theresa May, said his rival Boris Johnson was "yesterday s news" and...
With October 31 Brexit pledge, Boris Johnson bids for UK leadership
LONDON: Boris Johnson kicked off his campaign to succeed Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday with a commitment to lead Britain out of the...
10 candidates running in Brexit-dominated UK leadership race
Leading lawmakers from Britain’s governing party battled over Brexit as the contest to become the next Conservative prime minister officially kicked off Monday with...
PM candidate Raab says, he is Brexiteer UK can rely on
Dominic Raab, one of the candidates vying to replace Prime Minister Theresa May, said the United Kingdom should leave on Oct. 31 even if...
Judges throw out Brexit case against UK PM candidate Johnson
LONDON: Judges at London’s High Court on Friday threw out an attempt to prosecute Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to succeed Theresa May as prime...
Brexit deadlock deepens as talks between UK’s two main parties collapse
Talks between Britain’s government and opposition aimed at striking a compromise Brexit deal broke down without agreement on Friday, plunging the country back into a morass...
No chance of passing Brexit bill by end-July, says Labour’s Corbyn
LONDON: There is no chance of getting British parliamentary approval for all aspects of Brexit by the end of July, the leader of the...
Britain’s Brexit talks collapse as May’s premiership crumbles
LONDON: Britain’s tumultuous divorce from the European Union was again in disarray on Friday after the opposition Labour Party declared last-ditch talks dead due...
‘Let’s do a deal’ on Brexit: PM May tells Labour
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday urged main opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to work with her to break the Brexit deadlock, telling...
EU wrangles over new Brexit delay sought by May
BRUSSELS: European Union leaders will grant Prime Minister Theresa May a second delay to Britain’s fraught exit at an emergency summit on Wednesday but...
May’s Brexit talks with Labour stall, delay request fails to convince...
LONDON/BRUSSELS: Britain’s opposition Labour Party said on Friday that talks with the government on a last-ditch Brexit deal had made no progress, as EU...
