Category: Brexit

Brexit: EU announces emergency measures if no agreement is reached

The European Union will announce on Wednesday or Thursday the emergency measures it will take if it fails to reach a trade agreement with the United Kingdom by then, a senior European diplomat said. According to this source, the update of the EU emergency plans will be necessary because “there will be about three weeks until the end of the...

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Scottish Prime Minister: We want a referendum on independence

Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sterzon has said a second referendum on the province’s independence from the United Kingdom should be held in the first part of the next local parliament’s term, which begins next year. “The referendum for a number of reasons should be held in the first part of the next parliament term,” said the leader of the pro-independence...

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Last chance for agreement

Dominique Cummings’s departure boosts hopes of EU compromise and Britain in Brexit BRUSSELS-RESPONSE. Another week of intensive negotiations on the future EU-UK trade relationship has passed and there is still no white smoke. The departure of Dominique Cummings, Vote Leave’s chief executive and Boris Johnson’s most powerful adviser, over the weekend has raised expectations in some quarters that the British...

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