Britain will write to the EU on Wednesday to seek a short delay to Brexit, but Brussels has warned any decision may only come next week — just before the scheduled departure date.
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Resigned Brussels expects Britain to vote in EU poll
Frustrated EU officials may insist London cannot postpone Brexit indefinitely without a plan, but they are resigned to Britain taking part in the European election in May and are making preparations.
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Eurostar service hit by French customs strike
Eurostar trains from Paris to London were hit by cancellations and “severe delays” on Sunday as French customs officers staged work-to-rule industrial action. The customs officers are demanding higher pay and better working conditions while seeking to demonstrate what might happen if full border controls are put in place once Britain leaves the European Union. […]
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Britain opens far-right terror probe into stabbing
British police said on Sunday they had launched a terror investigation into a non-fatal stabbing attack “inspired by the far right” in suburban London. Counter-terror police said a 50-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and racially aggravated public order offences following Saturday’s incident in Surrey. “While this investigation is still in […]
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EU’s Tusk backs ‘long’ delay if Britain ‘rethinks’ Brexit
EU leader Donald Tusk said Thursday that European capitals could approve a long delay to Brexit, in a last-ditch push to persuade Prime Minister Theresa May to change her negotiating red lines.
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British lawmakers set to vote on no-deal Brexit
MPs will vote Wednesday on whether Britain should make a potentially chaotic “no-deal” exit from the EU in 16 days’ time, after lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected a draft divorce agreement.
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Britain’s Brexit drama faces parliament judgement day
Britain faces a moment of truth Tuesday when parliament votes on Prime Minister Theresa May’s ill-loved Brexit plan — a day after she said she secured last-minute changes to the deal from the EU.
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Barnier says Brexit talks now in hands of Britain
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier told AFP on Monday that negotiations to break a deadlock on a deal to leave the bloc are now between British Prime Minister Theresa May and members of her parliament.
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UK negotiator reports ‘robust’ Brexit talks in Brussels
One of Britain’s Brexit negotiators said Wednesday he had held a “robust” discussion with European Union counterparts over how to get a withdrawal deal through parliament in London.
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