News / UK and world by Press Association June 7, 2018, 1:39 pm Updated: June 7, 2018, 1:45 pm FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter Ministers have agreed any “backstop” arrangement to prevent the return of a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic after Brexit should not continue for more than a year after the end of the transition period.A Government technical note said the UK expected permanent customs arrangements to be in place by the end of December 2021 at the latest.The move came after Brexit Secretary David Davis was reported to be considering resigning unless there was a clear time limit on the temporary customs arrangements which would be adopted if there is no final Brexit deal. [pa_oembed = 7a899594e56c35923f60429a8280d1af] The note said: “The UK is clear that the temporary customs arrangement, should it be needed, should be time limited, and that it will be only in place until the … [Read more...] about EU customs ‘backstop’ should not continue beyond 2021, ministers agree
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YP Letters: Undemocratic Libs Dems collude with EU to block Brexit
0 Have your say From: J A King, Thurgoland, Sheffield. IN a recent Channel 4 documentary on Brexit, I was astounded to see a Liberal Democrat MEP actually colluding with the EU negotiators to try to scupper the negotiations with the UK, and stop the UK getting a good deal, to the point of trying to stop Brexit altogether. That I consider a bit rich coming from a so-called ‘Democrat’, colluding with undemocratic, unelected EU negotiators. The time has come for the Liberals to drop ‘Democrats’ from their name.Jean-Claude Juncker, the EU president, openly states that the UK will not leave the EU. Well, what more would you expect from an unelected leader whose only interest is to keep the UK in the United States of Europe at all cost and to keep control of our trade, borders, laws, migration and sovereignty?It is the EU that is desperate to keep the UK in the EU to keep funding their undemocratic expenses and projects. I’m still waiting to see … [Read more...] about YP Letters: Undemocratic Libs Dems collude with EU to block Brexit
Thousands sign petition calling for Northern Ireland to stay in EU post-Brexit
News / UK and world by Press Association June 7, 2018, 11:01 am FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter Almost 5,000 people have called for Northern Ireland to stay in the EU after Brexit. They have signed a petition by Women’s Coalition founder and peacemaking expert Jane Morrice proposing the country be granted honorary membership of the bloc as a European place of global peacebuilding. Ms Morrice is a former head of the European Commission in Belfast and was deputy speaker in the Northern Ireland Assembly after it was established in 1998. She said: “This is about peace, not Brexit. “It’s about awarding Northern Ireland honorary EU association as a European place of global peacebuilding to protect the peace process and promote peacebuilding worldwide. “It’s about creating an EU-led global peace initiative, modelled on the EU PEACE programme in Northern Ireland, reflecting the success of … [Read more...] about Thousands sign petition calling for Northern Ireland to stay in EU post-Brexit
Brexiteers furious at being left in dark over plans to keep UK stuck inside EU rules with Irish customs ‘back-stop’ plan with rumours David Davis could quit
SENIOR Brexiteers are furious at reportedly being left in dark over plans to keep the UK stuck inside EU rules with the Irish customs “back-stop” plan amid rumours David Davis could quit. The Brexit Secretary is angry that a plan to solve the border issue if a deal can’t be found would put Britain “in purgatory” – and is holding showdown talks with Theresa May ahead of a crunch “Brexit war cabinet” meeting. The Prime Minister is battling to maintain Cabinet unity, but she has been accused of deception after Eurosceptic members are said to have not been show the key negotiation document until hours before it was due to be published. Meanwhile several leading Remain-supporting cabinet ministers were shown it at the weekend. One government figure told The Times it was a “disgrace” and a mark of the “utter shambles” of the state of Brexit negotiations in government. And the document itself is causing consternation for … [Read more...] about Brexiteers furious at being left in dark over plans to keep UK stuck inside EU rules with Irish customs ‘back-stop’ plan with rumours David Davis could quit
Austria wants to ‘resolve the migrant issue’ during its EU presidency
Austria then foreign ministers visits an entry point for refugees at Macedonia's southern border with Greece in 2017. Photo: AFP Austria's right-wing government will focus on the EU's external frontiers and immigration -- hot-button issues for populist leaders -- during its upcoming six month bloc presidency, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Wednesday. "We must resolve the migrant question and if there is no solution at the (EU leaders') June summit, then we will have to continue to tackle the issue," Kurz said after talks in Brussels with European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker. "We will concentrate on this issue at the leaders summit September 20th in Salzburg with the aim of taking another step towards protecting the EU's external frontiers," he said. READ ALSO: Germany and Austria start joint police work to combat illegal migration Austria takes up the European Union rotating presidency on July 1 and its focus on … [Read more...] about Austria wants to ‘resolve the migrant issue’ during its EU presidency