Category: Brexit

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a joint statement late today that a new trade deal was impossible to seal at this time “due to outstanding differences on critical issues”. Prime Minister Johnson is heading to Brussels in the coming days in a bid to bridge the significant differences in the Brexit...

The right of residence is established by the citizens of the United Kingdom and their family members, regardless of nationality, who reside permanently in Greece, after the end of the transitional period of the Departure Agreement. Also, according to a relevant announcement of the Ministry of Immigration, there is a provision for special residence permits for those citizens of the...

European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has said that there is no agreement yet on the Brussels-London trade relationship, according to an official. Informing EU envoys early Monday morning, Mr Barnier said the three most “thorny” issues in the negotiations had not yet been resolved. A senior diplomat told Reuters that Mr Barnier appeared “rather pessimistic” about the prospect of...

The Franco-German request to Britain to follow EU rules remains open The European Union and the United Kingdom have almost finalized the conditions for the level of access of EU ships to the seas within the exclusive 200-mile economic zone of the United Kingdom, writes the British newspaper Guardian, citing EU sources. This is a significant step forward in the...

The Irish Prime Minister says that everything is on the razor’s edge The chances of an agreement on Britain leaving the European Union smoothly are at 50%. The talks, which resumed on Sunday, “are on the razor’s edge”, said Irish Prime Minister Michael Martin. “My instinct is that we are at 50-50 at the moment, and I do not think...

Talks resume on Sunday to prevent Britain from leaving without an agreement. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday urged their Brexit negotiators to resume talks, but warned that no agreement would be possible unless key issues were resolved. “There remain significant differences on three crucial issues: a level playing field, governance...