Tag: Brexit deal

Britain’s May sees no ‘immediate breakthrough’ at EU

Brussels, Dec 13: British Prime Minister Theresa May warned she expects no “immediate breakthrough” on her Brexit deal at Thursday’s EU summit Thursday and confirmed she would step down before the 2022 general election. “I don’t expect an immediate breakthrough but what I do hope is that we can […]

UK PM May hit by leadership challenge over Brexit deal

British MPs launched a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Theresa May over her Brexit plan on Wednesday but she vowed to fight off the leadership challenge, warning that changing course could derail the whole process. Facing her biggest political crisis since assuming office a month after Britons voted […]

The Latest: N Ireland party leader rejects Brexit deal

BRUSSELS  — The Latest on Brexit negotiations (all times local): 5 p.m. The leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party has used her keynote speech at the annual conference to reject the British government’s planned Brexit deal. Arlene Foster said in Belfast on Saturday that the deal agreed […]

The Latest: N Ireland party condemns UK leader’s Brexit plan

BRUSSELS — The Latest on Brexit negotiations (all times local): 2:45 p.m. The deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland has used a party conference speech to try to persuade Prime Minister Theresa May to change course on Brexit. Nigel Dodds told the conference in […]

Brexit deal almost done, but Spain holds out over Gibraltar

LONDON — Spain pushed Friday for a cast-iron guarantee of its say over the future of Gibraltar as a condition for backing a divorce agreement between Britain and European Union, as U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May battled to win approval for the deal from skeptical politicians and a […]

The Latest: UK’s Labour signals opposition to Brexit deal

LONDON  — The Latest on Britain’s departure from the European Union (all times local): 8:35 a.m. British lawmakers are struggling to summon much enthusiasm for the proposed Brexit plan that Prime Minister Theresa May has agreed with the European Union, with the opposition Labour Party signaling it will […]

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