EU and UK voice mistrust in Brexit talks
Barnier said UK had backtracked on its Brexit financial settlement and was wishy washy on core issues. Davis said EU lacked flexibility.
Cost of moving EU drug agency could top €580mn
Document seen by EUobserver shows that European Medicines Agency expects to spend €11 million alone on moving IT services out of London.
UK pushes for stage two of Brexit talks
"We’re in a good position, and would like to move on to discuss our future relationship”, the UK said on Tuesday, despite Commission warnings on slow progress.
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Let's get serious, EU tells UK
EU and British negotiators started the third round of Brexit talks amid growing disagreement on how the process is going.
UK to 'align' with EU on data protection
British data minister says 'a strong future data relationship between the UK and EU' is in both parties' interest.
Opinion
Lobbying for a big business Brexit
There is a distinct sense that in London and Brussels alike, political elites are intimately agreeing Brexit priorities with business elites.
Round of Brexit talks to end in bad blood
Three days of talks in Brussels have produced little progress and no easing of the tension between the EU and UK sides.
EU and UK to talk Brexit with different expectations
Brexit secretary Davis expects this round of talks to be about 'technical discussions', while the EU says 'the technical cannot outpace the political'.
EU denies trolling UK with Blair meeting
Blair and Davis could cross paths in the EU Commission building at next Thursday's Brexit talks, but timing was innocent Commission said.
Brexit talks to resume on Monday, a bank holiday
A senior EU official says "lack of substance" from the UK side is preventing considerable progress in Brexit talks.
UK seeks to end 'direct' rule of EU court
Britain is preparing to say that a new set of tribunals should enforce EU law after Brexit instead of the EU’s Court of Justice.
UK to recognise rulings by EU states' courts
The UK is prepared to recognise some court rulings by judges in EU states after Brexit, but its trade ideas continue to attract ridicule.
Brexit realities dawn in UK
Just over a year after a small majority voted for Britain to leave the EU, new realities are dawning on both the in and the out camps.
UK seeks 'unprecedented' Irish border deal
"Unique” Irish deal to maintain free flow of people and goods, but UK ideas on future EU trade branded a “fantasy”.
UK keen to keep old EU customs deal
Britain wants to keep its EU customs privileges after Brexit but also wants the freedom to negotiate other trade deals.
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Taking control of the red-tape revolution
The right to be forgotten is coming to Britain, with or without Brexit.
UK will have to pay beyond Brexit, EU warns
The EU's budget commissioner confirmed the bloc's position that the UK would need to keep paying for previously agreed programmes, while a new €40-billion divorce bill is making waves in the British media.
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Leo Varadker said that a custom agreement with a transition period after the UK leaves the EU is a solution for keeping an economic open border between Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Ireland's PM in Northern Ireland to tackle Brexit issues
Leo Varadkar is meeting Northern Ireland's main political leaders to talk Brexit, as the border issue between Northern Ireland and the Republic might become hostage to wider political struggles.
EU agency relocation race starts with 23 cities
Cities from 21 countries have applied to host the two London-based EU agencies, which will have to be relocated after Brexit, with Luxembourg throwing its hat in for the banking authority.
Leave voters would accept economic woes to ensure Brexit
A new poll shows that more than 60 percent of Leave voters would not mind about "significant damage" to the UK economy if it entails leaving the EU.
Grim forecast for UK banks after Brexit
Banks will need up to $50 billion in extra capital and see higher costs of $1 billion to diversify out of the UK after Brexit, a top consultancy has said.
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The return of the chlorinated chicken
Britain has only just started on the path towards a post-Brexit trade deal with the US, but you can already see the same all-too-familiar disagreements.
UK sticks to ending free movement in 2019
While her finance minister is pushing for a soft Brexit with a simple transitional deal in place, the British PM insists on hard Brexit with free movement of people ending in March 2019.
Opinion
Mr. Johnson goes to Tokyo
In the shadow of Brexit and the EU-Japan trade agreement, the British foreign secretary chose Japan as his first destination during a recently concluded visit to Asia.
UK and EU stuck on 'philosophy' of Brexit bill
The lack of a UK position on a financial settlement is becoming a crucial obstacle in Brexit talks, amid "philosophical" differences on what the money should pay for.
Column / Brexit Briefing
Corbyn re-opens Labour's single market wound
The Labour leader has put his Brexit cards on the table again but it stands to divide the party, which still has a strong pro-EU following.
UK requests EU migration study, 13 months after Brexit vote
The UK government has announced it will commission a study to determine the role of EU migrants in the economy. The report is expected for September 2018. Opposition MPs criticised the timing.
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European law will apply 'for years' in the UK, says EU judge
"It's hard to imagine that, overnight, UK law would suddenly forget European law," said Ian S. Forrester, a British judge at the Court of Justice of the EU.
Column / Brexit Briefing
UK presses the Brexit pause button
Originally, a transitional deal to soften the UK's exit from the EU was seen as a no-go on the British side, but now it is seeming more and more likely.
EU urges UK to clarify its Brexit positions
EU and UK negotiators presented their Brexit positions to identify common grounds this week, but that was made difficult by the scarcity of UK position papers.
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