EU’s Brexit chief eyes a role in French presidential vote
May 5, 2021 GMTPARIS (AP) — He’s well known in the U.K., and his photo was regularly splashed across the front pages of European newspapers. But as presidential elections approach in France, Michel Barnier – the EU’s Mr...
UK, EU meeting in bid to calm post-Brexit trade turbulence
February 11, 2021 GMTLONDON (AP) — Breaking up is proving hard to do for Britain and the European Union, whose divorce deal is in choppy waters just six weeks after the U...
No time to rest: EU nations assess Brexit trade deal with UK
December 25, 2020 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The fast-track ratification of the post-Brexit trade deal between the U.K. and the European Union got underway on Christmas Day as ambassadors from the bloc's 27 nations started assessing the accord that takes effect in a week...
EU-UK trade talks floundering over fish as cutoff day nears
December 20, 2020 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — With yet another Brexit deadline disappearing in the rearview mirror, a breakthrough on fishing rights remained elusive for the European Union and Britain on Sunday — leaving both without a trade agreement that would dull the cutting edge of a chaotic, costly economic break on New Year's Day...
EU’s chief negotiator still hopes to clinch EU-UK trade deal
December 14, 2020 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — European Union chief negotiator Michel Barnier said Monday he still firmly believes that a post-Brexit trade agreement is possible, and whittled down the major outstanding disputes to be settled ahead of the New Year to just two...
UK-EU trade talks ‘paused’ with deal still elusive
December 4, 2020 GMTLONDON (AP) — A week of intense trade talks between Britain and the European Union ended in stalemate Friday, with negotiators stepping back while politicians decide whether major differences can be bridged to avoid a messy, economically disruptive rupture in less than a month...
UK, EU resume face-to-face trade talks with time running out
November 28, 2020 GMTLONDON (AP) — Teams from Britain and the European Union resumed face-to-face talks on a post-Brexit trade deal Saturday, with both sides sounding gloomy about striking an agreement in the little time that remains...
Brexit trade negotiations suspended because of COVID-19 case
November 19, 2020 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — As if the Brexit trade negotiations were not tortuous enough, the coronavirus added a twist at a crucial stage on Thursday when top-level talks had to be suspended because an EU negotiator tested positive for COVID-19...
UK, EU make one more push for elusive Brexit trade deal
November 9, 2020 GMTLONDON (AP) — Negotiators from Britain and the European Union met Monday to seek a breakthrough in gridlocked trade talks, with just days until a deadline to strike a post-Brexit deal...
EU: Brexit trade talks still face ‘too many difficulties’
November 4, 2020 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — With a deadline looming ever more menacingly, the European Union's chief negotiator on the post-Brexit trade deal with Britain Wednesday publicly blamed London for a lack of progress in the two sides' belated attempt to reach an even rudimentary agreement...
UK-EU trade talks back on after bloc offers olive branch
October 21, 2020 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — Britain and the European Union will resume their stalled trade negotiations at an “intensified” pace, the British government said Wednesday, in hope of striking a deal within weeks to avoid a messy economic breakup at the end of he year...
UK minister: Door ‘still ajar’ for post-Brexit talks with EU
October 18, 2020 GMTLONDON (AP) — A senior British official said Sunday the door is “still ajar” for post-Brexit talks to continue with the European Union if officials in the bloc change their position on key points...
EU demands UK drop a planned law that breaches Brexit deal
September 10, 2020 GMTLONDON (AP) — Instead of closing in on a future trade deal, the European Union and Britain entered a bitter fight Thursday over a planned British law that the EU says would constitute a serious violation of the Brexit divorce agreement and destroy what little trust remains between the two sides...
France accuses UK of stalling in post-Brexit trade talks
August 31, 2020 GMTPARIS (AP) — On the cusp of a crucial month of negotiations on a post-Brexit trade deal between the European Union and the U...
EU-UK deadlock on trade talks goes on with time running out
August 21, 2020 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and Britain remained deadlocked Friday in their talks on trade ties after Brexit, with EU negotiator Michel Barnier saying that any chance of a deal seemed to be slipping away.
EU says ‘significant divergences’ remain in Brexit talks
July 9, 2020 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — EU and U.K. negotiators have yet to find a way to overcome “significant divergences" in their attempt to seal a post-Brexit compromise, the European Union's chief negotiator said on Thursday...
‘Disappointing’ week of divorce talks between EU and Britain
April 24, 2020 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — Key players and the economies on both sides of the Brexit divide have been hammered by the corona crisis...
UK and EU clash over trade with 11 months to make a deal
February 3, 2020 GMTLONDON (AP) — Britain and the European Union set out clashing opening gambits Monday on striking a post-Brexit trade deal, making it clear that each side is willing to walk away without an agreement rather than compromise on key issues...
EU demands access to UK waters in order to sign trade deal
February 3, 2020 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union will link any access to its market for British products directly to the access that LONDON (AP) — Ireland’s prime minister warned Britain on Monday that Brexit is far from finished -- and the European Union will have the stronger hand in upcoming negotiations on future relations between the two sides...Irish leader says EU to have stronger hand in UK trade talks
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Top EU officials sign Brexit deal in closed door ceremony
January 24, 2020 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The leaders of two of the European Union’s main institutions on Friday signed the divorce agreement governing Britain’s departure from the bloc next week, sealing the penultimate step in Brexit at a ceremony held without media access...
EU ready to get Brexit talks moving again after UK vote
December 13, 2019 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — With votes still being counted in Britain, EU leaders were already gearing up to move forward with Brexit plans...
EU’s Barnier warns of tough times ahead on UK trade deal
November 5, 2019 GMTLISBON, Portugal (AP) — European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier on Tuesday drew the battle lines for the upcoming free trade talks with the U...
EU envoys agree that Brexit extension is needed, no date set
October 25, 2019 GMTLONDON (AP) — Less than a week before Britain is scheduled to leave the European Union, ambassadors from the bloc's 27 other nations agreed Friday to grant the U...
The Latest: EU envoys agree that Brexit extension is needed
October 25, 2019 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on Britain's impending departure from the European Union (all times local):...
EU Brexit chief negotiator Michel Barnier: revised withdrawal agreement answers the ‘uncertainty’ created by Brexit
October 17, 2019 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — EU Brexit chief negotiator Michel Barnier: revised withdrawal agreement answers the 'uncertainty' created by Brexit.
Brexit talks inch closer to a deal ahead of summit
October 16, 2019 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and Britain inched ever closer to a Brexit deal, with the leaders of France and Germany saying they expected an agreement could be sealed at Thursday's EU summit...
The Latest: Customs, VAT issues seen holding up Brexit deal
October 16, 2019 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The latest on Brexit (all times local):...
The Latest: EU Parliament’s Brexit official cautious on plan
October 2, 2019 GMTMANCHESTER, England (AP) — The Latest on Brexit and British politics (all times local):
At least they’re talking: EU, UK push on with Brexit meets
September 20, 2019 GMTLONDON (AP) — British and European Union negotiators agreed Friday to press on with talks in search of an elusive Brexit deal, as Ireland's deputy leader warned that the two sides remain far apart despite an improvement in the "mood music...
May’s relationship with EU was often rocky
May 24, 2019 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — As British Prime Minister Theresa May announced her departure with a Brexit plan nowhere near success, European Union leaders offered kind words...
UK’s May seeks cross-party talks to avert ‘no-deal’ Brexit
April 2, 2019 GMTLONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Theresa May has brought a new word to the Brexit lexicon: compromise...
10 Things to Know for Today
April 2, 2019 GMTYour daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:...
UK aims to salvage Brexit deal as EU says: make up your mind
March 19, 2019 GMTLONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plan has been derailed in Parliament. Now she is at the mercy of an exasperated European Union...
The Latest: Barnier: May must explain Brexit delay reasoning
March 19, 2019 GMTLONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain's exit from the European Union (all times local):
The Latest: EU makes offer to break Brexit impasse
March 8, 2019 GMTLONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain's withdrawal from the European Union (all times local):
EU says talks with UK ‘difficult’ as Brexit impasse drags on
March 6, 2019 GMTLONDON (AP) — The European Union said Wednesday that "difficult" talks with Britain have failed to break the Brexit deadlock, less than a week before U...
UK minister says Brexit talks yield ‘positive’ signals
March 5, 2019 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — Brexit talks with the European Union are making progress, a senior British government minister said Tuesday, as Prime Minister Theresa May seeks concessions from Brussels to help persuade lawmakers to back her deal in a series of crucial votes next week...
UK, EU to hold more Brexit talks as May woos opposition
March 4, 2019 GMTLONDON (AP) — Senior European Union and British officials were set to hold more Brexit talks less than a month before the United Kingdom is scheduled to leave the bloc, as U...
Businesses sound alarm as UK says prepare for no-deal Brexit
January 23, 2019 GMTLONDON (AP) — Businesses in Britain and the European Union need to prepare for the possibility the U...
The Latest: EU insists current deal is only Brexit option
November 29, 2018 GMTLONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain's exit from the European Union (all times local):
May wins Cabinet backing for Brexit deal but pitfalls remain
November 14, 2018 GMTLONDON (AP) — In a hard-won victory, British Prime Minister Theresa May persuaded her fractious Cabinet to back a draft divorce agreement with the European Union on Thursday, a decision that triggers the final steps on the long and rocky road to Brexit...
UK Cabinet to meet after Britain, EU reach draft Brexit deal
November 13, 2018 GMTLONDON (AP) — After months of stalled talks, false starts and setbacks, negotiators from Britain and the European Union struck a proposed divorce deal Tuesday to provide for the U...
EU envoy says ‘much more work’ needed to clinch Brexit deal
November 8, 2018 GMTHELSINKI (AP) — The European Union's Brexit negotiator on Thursday said that gaps remain to be bridged in talks on the U.K.'s departure from the bloc as time runs out to secure a deal and have it endorsed.
Round of talks don’t resolve Brexit problems ahead of summit
October 14, 2018 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — A flurry of talks between Britain and the European Union ended Sunday without a Brexit agreement, leaving the two sides three days to close a gap in their positions before a make-or-break summit...
Brexit in space: EU, Britain fight over Galileo navigation
May 14, 2018 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — Brexit talks have reached into space, with the European Union and Britain fighting over the rights that London will have to the multi-billion Galileo satellite navigation system and its security-sensitive information...
EU Brexit negotiator: No Irish border breakthrough for weeks
April 12, 2018 GMTPRAGUE (AP) — European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier says it's unlikely to expect any deal on the thorny issue of the Irish border in the coming weeks...
EU says UK will have no say during short Brexit transition
December 20, 2017 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — Britain will have less than two years to ease its way out of the European Union and must obey all the bloc's rules while having no say in its decision-making during that period, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator said Wednesday...
Brexit talks resume amid warnings that time is running out
November 9, 2017 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator warned Britain again that time is running out to reach an agreement, as officials from the two sides met Thursday for an abbreviated round of divorce talks...
The Latest: Boris Johnson says EU should show Brexit urgency
October 12, 2017 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the Brexit negotiations between the European Union and United Kingdom (all times local):...
EU ramps up pressure on UK at new round of Brexit talks
September 25, 2017 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union ramped up pressure on Britain at a new round of Brexit talks Monday as it ruled out broadening the negotiations any time soon and warned that time is running out for Prime Minister Theresa May to clinch a deal...
The Latest: EU’s Brexit chief welcomes ‘constructive’ speech
September 22, 2017 GMTLONDON (AP) — The Latest on British Prime Minister Theresa May's speech on Brexit (all times local):...
EU leaders unite ahead of Brexit divorce talks with UK
April 29, 2017 GMTBRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders vowed Saturday to stand shoulder-to-shoulder behind their negotiating team during the divorce proceedings with Britain and warned that demands from British Prime Minister Theresa May will be dealt with "firmly...