A longer transition period after Brexit may be needed to guarantee continued security co-operation, MPs have said. The Commons Home Affairs Committee said the UK and EU should remain open to extending the transition phase after the UK’s exit beyond December 2020. It warned the EU against limiting co-operation to […]
Britain has been warned not to “divide and conquer” the remaining 27 EU countries in upcoming Brexit trade talks as it could be “damaging for the UK”. This has come in a report from think tank the Institute for Government, which has warned Prime Minister Theresa May and her ministers […]
Protesters have thrown dead fish into the Thames outside Parliament as they oppose the Brexit transition deal. The fishing industry and many coastal MPs are unhappy that the UK will not regain control of the country’s fishing waters on Brexit day, 29 March 2019. Instead it will be subject to […]
At 10pm on Tuesday night, workers at the Amazon logistics center in the Madrid municipality of San Fernando de Henares began a 48-hour strike. It’s the first stoppage that the US e-commerce giant has suffered in Spain since it began operating in the country. The nearly 2,000 workers in the enormous high-tech […]
The hard-fought agreement between the UK and EU over a 21-month transition period after Brexit has been thrown into doubt after Spain refused to endorse the deal without further concessions over Gibraltar. With days to go before the 27 EU leaders are expected to welcome the two sides coming together over […]
Jordi Sanchez, a separatist civic leader in jail over his alleged role in Catalonia’s secession bid, is mulling dropping his bid to lead the region in what could ease a months-long political blockage. In an appeal Tuesday at the Supreme Court against the decision to keep him in jail pending […]
Spain’s airports will cap bottled water prices at €1.60 and install drinking fountains in response to complaints from passengers to the public ombudsman. Travellers say they cannot take water on the plane, because a maximum of 100 millilitres of liquid per container up to a total of one litre is […]
Spain’s central bank on Tuesday increased its growth forecast for 2018 to 2.7 percent from 2.4 percent as the government plans to reduce income tax for some workers and hike wages for civil servants. In a statement, it said this reduction in the tax burden would however lead to a […]
AID workers on a boat seized by Italian authorities could face between four and seven years in jail for ‘human trafficking’, forcing the charity to seek help from the Spanish government for the first time in its history. Proactiva Open Arms works tirelessly in the Mediterranean, rescuing refugees whose lives […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union governments will insist on their “unilateral” control over whether and how British banks can operate in the bloc after Brexit, ministers will agree on Tuesday ahead of their leaders’ summit on Friday. According to a draft seen by Reuters, ministers preparing the EU’s joint negotiating […]
London (Reuters) – Britain has withdrawn its offer to lead a European Union military force next year because of Brexit, the Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday. Rapid-reaction forces of about 1,500 soldiers, called EU Battlegroups, were formed in 2007 but have never been deployed. “The European Commission has been […]
Ireland’s deputy premier has warned the UK there will be no Brexit withdrawal treaty if there is any U-Turn on the “backstop” solution to avoid a hard border on the island. Simon Coveney, the country’s Foreign Affairs Minister and Tanaiste (deputy prime minister) insisted the UK government has provided a […]
