Tag Archives: Brexit

More as we get it.

Brexit vote LIVE (The Guardian)


Meanwhile…

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Thanks Ted

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May takes her first Prime Minister’s Questions of 2019 ahead of MPs voting on her Brexit proposal next Tuesday.

PMQs: Theresa May faces Jeremy Corbyn on first day of Brexit debate – Politics live (The Guardian)

Commons to get vote on extending Brexit transition if no trade deal by 2020, says May (RTÉ News)

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the Global Ireland conference in Dublin Castle yesterday

“ I will leave it to the bookmakers and fortune-tellers to predict the results of discussions in London. However, there are three takeaways from the Brexit process and the current state of world affairs that I would like to share with you today.

The first is: We are strong when we stand together. During the Brexit negotiations, all 27 Member States agreed on a common position – and stood by it.

This unity includes full solidarity with Ireland. We insisted, and still do, that a hard border dividing the Irish island is unacceptable. And yes, some people called us stubborn.

But the truth is: Avoiding a hard border in Ireland is a fundamental concern. It is a matter of principle, a question of identity for the European Union. A union that, more than anything else, serves one purpose: To build and maintain peace in Europe.

As Germans, we understand how walls and borders can threaten peace. We believe in the peace-making power of European unity.

A belief we share with you, the Irish. Your Good Friday Agreement is living proof of this principle”

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Dublin Castle yesterday.

Address by Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on the occasion of the Meeting of Ireland’s Ambassadors and Consuls General (German Foreign Ministry)

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By Con Kennedy.

Ollie’s Xmas sorted.

Any excuse.

Meanwhile…

Jon Henley, in The Guardian, reports:

The European commission has confirmed that British citizens will have to pay to visit mainland Europe as soon as the EU’s free movement laws no longer apply.

A spokeswoman for Jean-Claude Juncker, the commission’s president, said visitors from post-Brexit Britain would have to fill out an online form and pay €7 (£6) for a visa waiver, which would be valid for three years.

Britons must pay €7 to visit mainland Europe after Brexit (The Guardian)

Meanwhile…

In fairness.

This morning.

In Brussels.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar told reporters:

“We don’t believe it’s up for renegotiation, we’re very keen to begin, as soon as it’s ratified, talks on the future relationship, because we want to have a close relationship with the United Kingdom.

“As Europe we reaffirmed our commitment to the need for a backstop, and not just because it protects Ireland and ensures no hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, thus protecting the peace process and the Good Friday Agreement, but also because it’s a European issue too, and an open border between Northern Ireland and Ireland can’t become a back door into the single market.”

More as they get it.

Taoiseach ‘very satisfied’ with EU position on backstop (RTE)

This morning/afternoon.

Brussels, Belgium.

FIGHT!

Brexit: Theresa May and Leo Varadkar discuss backstop (BBC)

This afternoon.

Good to know, in fairness.

May could offer to stand down before election to win support in confidence vote – politics live (The Guardian)

From top: Theresa May; a tweet from Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament’s Brexit coordinator.

This afternoon.

Brexit vote deferred.

Tory backbenchers demanding the removal of the backstop.

Large popcorn and a Maxi Twist, please..

Nothing to see here.

Expecting Huge Defeat, Theresa May Has Delayed a Crucial Brexit Vote (Time)