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Tag Archives: Brexit

UK leader makes surprise Brussels trip to undo Brexit logjam
International News / U.S. News

UK leader makes surprise Brussels trip to undo Brexit logjam

Posted on 10/16/17 by bribanks

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May is speaking directly with leaders of some of the European Union’s biggest member states ahead of a meeting in Brussels aimed at unblocking negotiations on Britain’s departure from the bloc. May spoke by phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and planned to call France’s Emmanuel Macron and … Continue reading →

The Latest: UK Brexit chief wants action on all exit issues
Europe / Politics

The Latest: UK Brexit chief wants action on all exit issues

Posted on 08/28/17 by Raeza Hoover

BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the Brexit talks on Britain’s departure from the European Union (all times local): 5:25 p.m. British Brexit negotiator David Davis says the four days of Brexit negotiations this week will have to drive forward “all the issues” instead of just centering on the divorce proceedings that the EU wants … Continue reading →

Imagine! Lennon brings no peace, but discord at EU summit
Celebrities / Europe / International News / Politics

Imagine! Lennon brings no peace, but discord at EU summit

Posted on 06/22/17 by jonessutton

BRUSSELS (AP) — If European Union chief Donald Tusk is still “a dreamer” about Britain having second thoughts on leaving the EU, some other EU leaders at a summit Thursday tried to dash his hopes. Discord over whether the exit process could still be reversed surfaced at the summit as British Prime Minister Theresa May … Continue reading →

UK lawmakers back bill to trigger EU exit talks
Europe / Politics

UK lawmakers back bill to trigger EU exit talks

Posted on 02/01/17 by naiyabrooks

LONDON (AP) — Britain moved closer to leaving the European Union Wednesday, Feb. 1 as lawmakers backed a bill authorizing divorce proceedings and kept alive the government’s plan to trigger Brexit talks within weeks. The House of Commons decisively backed the bill by 498 votes to 114, sending it on for committee scrutiny. The result … Continue reading →

UK’s May seeks to keep Brexit plan going despite setback
Business / Europe

UK’s May seeks to keep Brexit plan going despite setback

Posted on 11/04/16 by Jonathan Phelps

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May sought Friday to reassure European Union leaders that her timetable for Britain to leave the EU remains intact despite a court ruling requiring British lawmakers to have more of a say in the process. She telephoned Jean-Claude Juncker, the EU’s top official, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel … Continue reading →

British pound endures one of its worst days ever
Business / Europe

British pound endures one of its worst days ever

Posted on 10/07/16 by Jonathan Phelps

LONDON (AP) — As if it wasn’t shaky enough, the British pound endured one of its biggest falls ever on Friday — with some in the markets blaming trading robots or a fat-fingered typo for sending the currency down a precipitous 6 percent in just a couple of minutes. For one of the world’s major … Continue reading →

Polish workers in UK worry about possibility of Brexit
Europe / International News

Polish workers in UK worry about possibility of Brexit

Posted on 04/11/16 by Jx THX

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people whose personal fates hinge on whether Britain leaves the European Union or stays don’t even have a say in the matter: Polish immigrants, a community so numerous that Polish has become Britain’s second most-spoken language. When Poland and many other countries once behind the Iron Curtain … Continue reading →

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