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Mar 25, 2019
EU completes preparations for possible 'no-deal' Brexit on 12 April; says UK 'increasingly likely' to leave without divorce accord
Under no deal, the EU will immediately apply its rules at the border with the UK – including customs checks, food safety inspections and verification of EU standards – leading to long delays at busy crossing points such as Channel ports and the Channel Tunnel -
Mar 22, 2019
EU leaders extend Britain's Brexit lifeline, offer new 12 April deadline if UK Parliament fails to back Theresa May's deal
Britain would need time to legislate to take part in the 23 to 26 May election, and May has insisted it will not try, preferring in her words "to honour" voters' decision to end London's 46-year-old membership. -
Mar 22, 2019
Brexit: UK Parliament website crashes after over 1 million sign online petition for Britain to remain in EU
The sudden deluge of signatures attracted by the Revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU petition crashed the Parliament's petitions site as Theresa May arrived in Brussels on Thursday for a two-day European Council meeting, -
Mar 20, 2019
Theresa May asks EU chief Donald Tusk to delay Brexit till 30 June; promises to bring deal back in British parliament
Britain has asked EU leaders to delay Brexit until 30 June, Prime Minister Theresa May told parliament on Wednesday, on eve of an EU summit in Brussels -
Mar 19, 2019
UK Speaker John Bercow rules out third vote on Theresa May's Brexit deal as crisis deepens ahead of 29 March deadline
Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May's crisis over the Brexit in the UK Parliament has worsened as House of Commons Speaker John Bercow disallowed any attempt to hold a third vote on her withdrawal agreement with the EU which has already been voted down by MPs twice. -
Mar 12, 2019
Theresa May wins 'legally binding' Brexit assurances from EU ahead of crucial votes in last ditch effort to seal deal
The United Kingdom’s tortuous crisis over EU membership is approaching its finale with an extraordinary array of outcomes still possible, including a delay, a last-minute deal, a no-deal Brexit, a snap election or even another referendum. The country voted to leave the EU in a 2016 plebiscite. -
Feb 15, 2019
Theresa May suffers defeat in Brexit vote: With only six weeks to finalise EU deal, Britain faces political instability
The defeat is symbolic rather than binding but shows how weak May's hand is as she tries to secure changes to her divorce deal from the EU in order to win backing for it in Parliament. It is likely to leave EU leaders wondering whether May can win support for any kind of Brexit deal, given Britain's political instability. -
Feb 07, 2019
Seeking to avoid no-deal Brexit, Theresa May returns to Brussels to meet top EU lawmakers
Theresa May's spokesman stressed that she wasn't coming to Brussels to ask for more time and remained determined to deliver a Brexit deal before the 29 March deadline. -
Feb 06, 2019
'Special place in hell' for no plan Brexiteers, says European Union leader Donald Tusk
The British prime minister is due in Brussels on Thursday to discuss ways to ensure Britain's orderly withdrawal from the EU and avoid what Tusk warned would be a "fiasco." -
Feb 06, 2019
NATO leaders to meet in London in December to mark 70 years of transatlantic military cooperation
NATO chiefs will be hoping to avoid the high drama of last year's summit in Brussels, when US President Donald Trump launched a blistering attack on allies, in particular Germany, for not spending enough on defence
