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… on governance, level playing field, fishing Last Saturday, after two weeks of intensified negotiation of an agreement … market and customs union at midnight on December 31, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and … contact about the negotiations.” On Monday, Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, returned to London and …

… of goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. The good news: Both sides signaled they have made progress this week. … the arrangements the EU and UK agreed would be necessary after the UK left the EU in order to address the unique … And welcoming Šefčovič’s acknowledgement in a speech earlier today that the Protocol has led to unintended …

… single market and customs union, on Christmas Eve morning, after some late-night, last-minute haggling over fishing quotas, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and … review after being briefed on the agreement by Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator. On December 28, the …

… with Clément Beaune, the French Secretary of State for European Affairs, to discuss the dispute between the UK and … for shellfish in French waters and check its papers. After finding that it didn’t have a license to operate in … and for full transparency, we have today set out in Parliament the full & authoritative data on the state of play …

… in the negotiation of an agreement, last month Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, and David Frost, the UK’s … teams and specialized sessions in London next week; and, after a two-week break, the sixth full week-long round of … will produce an agreement that can be approved by the European Council at its mid-October meeting and by the …

… After election disaster, UK more likely to seek a softer … government on its program, to be presented in the Queen’s Speech, and in votes of confidence and on legislation … results diverge from its preferred outcome. While welcome news for a government that found itself bereft of a working …

… gain of 8.1 percent, and 48 of the 59 seats, a gain of 13. After the election, Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s First … Lords for the state opening of Parliament and the Queen’s Speech, largely a repetition of the October speech but … of the British economy and British trade. As Michel Barnier, who was the EU’s chief negotiator of the Withdrawal …

… After Johnson prorogues Parliament, opposition parties aim to … sitting week in September (Sept. 9-12) and a Queen’s speech on October 14 that would begin a new session of … agenda and its approach to, and the result of, the European Council on 17-18 October.” And, he said, “Parliament …

… Theresa May informed Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, on March 29, 2017, that the United Kingdom … Council. They continued to believe that might happen even after last month’s informal meeting of the European Council … meeting, the 27 leaders heard, over dinner, from Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, who repeated what he had …

… Last Monday, as British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission President Jean-Claude  Juncker  were … Ireland and the republic in regard to trade and commerce after Brexit. That implied there could be a regulatory … sufficient time for the 27 member states and the European Parliament to review and consent to the agreement and …

… will the House approve the agreement? Yesterday morning, after a week-long negotiating marathon and only a few hours before the meeting of the European Council, the EU and the UK agreed on a withdrawal … quite likely it will be rejected. There are 650 Members of Parliament. The Speaker and the three Deputy Speakers don’t …

… the EU customs procedures that applied as of January 1 after the UK’s post-exit transition period ended and it was … that was provisionally applied, pending approval by the European Parliament, as of January 1, 2021. But given the termination …