Tag: Brexit
Interviews
Cameron’s return as Foreign Secretary raises UK’s international profile
David Cameron, who was made foreign secretary in a surprise move by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during his cabinet reshuffle on November 13, brings...
Interviews
Former MI5 chief warns of national cybersecurity threats
Following the US, EU, and UK's decisions to ban China’s TikTok from government phones over security fears and recent reports of a Russian cyber...
EU Institutions
The end of Europe
The European Union is simply too big; it is composed of too many cultures and political perspectives; and, despite Brussels' claim that it values diversity over all other issues, this does not include a deviation from what it considers its own norms. As matters currently stand, the EU runs the risk of collapsing under its own weight.
Analysis
If Britain wants to move on from the EU it cannot turn its back on humanitarian action
The exit of Britain from the European Union has continued to be a headline stealer for the country. Since the process from referendum to...
Op-Eds & Guest Contributors
Europe and Russia
It's always put my back up how conservative commentators have recently taken to comparing the current state of affairs in the West to the...
Archive
Sefcovic says EU stands united behind Northern Ireland
European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic said on October 13 the UK government should engage with European Union earnestly on the bloc’s package of...
Afghanistan
With the AUKUS pact, the US has opted to snub some of its European partners
In the nearly nine months since he took office, it has become apparent that the US and European Union will not immediately experience a...
Analysis
Is the EU learning any lessons from the pandemic?
The European Union - a powerful force for good or a self-serving bureaucratic oligarchy? Whatever your view, the EU is certainly a catalyst for...
Archive
European weakness and the rise of authoritarians
A diverted plane is nothing new, bomb threats may be rare but are no longer a novelty, but an armed interceptor fighter jet “escorting”...
Archive
EU, Norway, UK wrap up key fisheries arrangements in North Sea
The European Union, Norway and the United Kingdom have concluded important fisheries arrangements on North Sea, the Commission said on March 16.The trilateral arrangement...
Archive
Brexit cuts trading on GB-Ireland interconnectors fueling power prices
Britain’s exit from the EU has resulted in reduced trading on the electricity interconnectors between GB and Ireland and increased the frequency of extreme...
Archive
UK formally asks to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership
A year after it formally left the European Union, the British government on Saturday announced it would apply early next week to join the...
Canada
Erasmus and Brexit
No policy decision better encapsulates the entire Brexit process better than the UK's decision to withdraw from the Erasmus Programme. For those in Brussels,...
Archive
Brexit pushes UK to begin own emissions trading system in 2021
Due to Brexit, the UK government said on December 14 it will launch an emissions trading system (ETS) for domestic industry and power generation...
Archive
EU-UK exchange draft legal texts on future relationship
Michel Barnier, EU's chief Brexit negotiator and his counterpart, British Prime Minister's Europe adviser David Frost, exchanged on Wednesday evening draft legal texts on...
Archive
EU's chief Brexit negotiator Barnier tests positive for COVID-19
Michel Barnier, EU's chief Brexit negotiator announced he has tested positive for COVID-19.
In a tweet published on Thursday, the 69-year-old official said he is...
Asia & Pacific
The Coronavirus II
This article originally referred to the Coronavirus Covid-19 as Chinese Flu, not as a political statement but as a geographic indication of origin. The...
Archive
Barnier signals ‘serious divergences’ on post-Brexit deal negotiations with the UK
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michael Barnier, has hinted at serious differences between the EU and the UK after the first round of negotiations...
Archive
UK may quit EU trade talks if no 'broad outline' of deal by June
UK's Prime Minister Boris Johnson has threatened to withdraw from trade talks with the EU, if "good progress" is not made within four months.
The...
Archive
Free trade and lasting peace are interdependent, says Asimakopoulou
As new global challenges arise and put Europe’s trade policy at risk, the only way for the bloc to strengthen its global leadership in...
Archive
EU27 to approve Brexit negotiating mandate
EU Ministers are set to approve on Tuesday during the General Affairs Council's (GAC) session the final negotiation mandate for trade talks with the...
Archive
EU budget talks remain in a deadlock
Budget talks had to continue on Friday as EU leaders failed to overcome their differences and agree on the bloc's long term budget, during...
Archive
CoR president warns EU budget risks being a failure, gift to populism
Two days prior to EU Council's emergency summit on the bloc's long-term budget, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, the recently elected President of the Committee of the...
Archive
Brussels chief Brexit negotiator slams UK PM for backlashing on EU rules
Michel Barnier, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator heavily criticised UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson for saying that he will not follow "high-alignment" EU rules...
Archive
Croatian PM Plenković tells Michel he wants MFF negotiations concluded during the country's Presidency
Negotiations on the bloc's long-term budget should be concluded within 2020's first half, said Andrej Plenković, the Prime Minister of Croatia during a meeting with Charles...
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