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European Union
Why EU leaders are not ready to budge on Brexit
BBC News - Katya Adler
Katya Adler @BBCkatyaadler "Has the prime minister's new defeat in parliament made the EU more likely to compromise?" I've been asked over and again on BBC programmes following Thursday's vote on Theresa
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Jacob Rees-Mogg
Question Time: Jacob Rees-Mogg says ‘we should have sympathy’ for Shamima Begum
inews.co.uk - Jasmine Andersson
Jacob Rees-Mogg said we should have sympathy for the schoolgirl who fled London to join ISIS during his appearance on Question Time. Shamima Begum, who …
Irish Mirroradded this to News
Pat Flanagan: After Brexit fiasco the English can never again tell an Irish joke
irishmirror.ie - Pat Flanagan
The only good thing about the tragic comedy that is Brexit is the English will never again be able to tell an Irish joke. How could they poke fun at …
European News
[Agenda] Brexit and trip to Egypt for Arab League This WEEK
euobserver.com - Counter Balance
British lawmakers voted against a motion endorsing the government's strategy by 303 to 258, with 66 of May's own Tory MPs abstaining. May is seeking …
Arab League
League and nations: Europe’s unity struggle at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit
ecfr.eu - www.ecfr.eu
The optics of the EU-Arab League summit could prove difficult for European leaders. Yet they barely agree on what they themselves want from it It …
Associated Press
Great Britain
The Latest: UK lawmakers repeat dislike of EU divorce deal
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain's exit from the European Union (all times local): 5:45 p.m. British Prime Minister Theresa May has suffered an embarrassing parliamentary defeat on Brexit as lawmakers
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Trolling
Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt accused of 'trolling' UK with Valentine's Day message
standard.co.uk - Sophie Williams
The Brexit coordinator for the European Parliament has been accused of trolling the UK after sending a Valentine's Day message to the EU. Guy …
Reuters
Jeremy Hunt
UK will back Brexit deal if it excludes Irish backstop, Hunt says
Reuters - by Agnieszka Barteczko
WARSAW (Reuters) - British lawmakers are certain to back a proposed Brexit agreement if it does not include the backstop, a controversial Irish border arrangement, British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt
Morning top 5: Theresa May faces prospect of fresh Brexit rebellion
newstalk.com - Newstalk
Theresa May's facing the prospect of a fresh Brexit rebellion from hardline Conservative MPs in a key Commons vote later. It comes as European Council …
François Hollande
Theresa May facing embarrassing Valentine’s Day snub
metro.co.uk - Zoe Drewett
Theresa May won’t be feeling much love this Valentine’s Day as she faces embarrassment and a crushing defeat. Fresh from miserable talks with EU …
Great Britain
Former Ambassadors Say Brexit is ‘National Crisis’
theepochtimes.com - John Smithies
LONDON—More than 40 former British ambassadors have written to British prime minister Theresa May urging her to delay Brexit. They warned on Feb. 14 …
Foreign Policy
Renzi floats Merkel as future EU Council and foreign policy chief
politico.eu - Galaxy Henry
Renzi also says France’s Macron will be key in deciding who gets the top EU jobs. As Angela Merkel winds down her chancellorship in Germany, the EU …
Downing Street
Theresa May faces defeat in no-deal Brexit vote | Financial Times
ft.com - George Parker
Theresa May’s claim that she is ready to take Britain out of the EU without a deal appeared increasingly tenuous on Wednesday, as the prime …
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Leo Varadkar
EU awaits realistic Brexit proposals from UK - EU's Tusk
Reuters UK - by Foo Yun Chee
EU Council President Donald Tusk gives a statement after a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, February 6, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Vanity Fair
European Parliament
Theresa May’s Wine-Soaked Brexit Conspiracy Sets Britain Spinning
Vanity Fair - By Isobel Thompson
May, who literally scrapes the mold off her jam to eat what’s underneath, is a rare breed of optimist. But like mycotoxins, May’s strategy is dangerous. British Prime Minister Theresa May’s closely held
The Wall Street Journal.
Great Britain
As Brexit Deadline Nears, EU Loses Confidence in May
The Wall Street Journal. - Laurence Norman and Stephen Fidler
Brussels wonders whether U.K. prime minister can deliver any Brexit deal By Laurence Norman and Laurence Norman The Wall Street Journal Biography @laurnorman laurence.norman@wsj.com Stephen Fidler Stephen
POLITICO
Conservative Party
Inside Theresa May’s mind
POLITICO
Would the British PM really drive the UK over the cliff edge? Even her closest political friends don’t know. LONDON — It’s Friday, March 22, a week from Brexit, and Britain is hurtling toward the cliff
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World News
'I'll talk, but then I have to call Putin': steakhouse at centre of EU spy alert
The Guardian - Daniel Boffey in Brussels
Eleven years since opening his restaurant in the shadow of the European commission’s vast Berlaymont headquarters in Brussels, Philippe Weiner can safely boast that the Meet Meat Steak and Wine House a
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European Parliament
MEP warns top Brexiteers of revolutionaries' fate
24matins.uk - By 24matins.uk with AFP,
A senior member of the European parliament warned the leaders of Britain’s Brexit movement on Tuesday that a previous generation of revolutionaries …
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World News
Spain: Catalan separatists' trial begins amid tensions
DW News - DW English
Nine of the 12 Catalan separatist leaders are facing charges of rebellion for their role in a failed independence bid in 2017. Former Catalan leader …
News (Hong Kong)
Europe’s banking system all prepared for ‘no deal’ Brexit
ejinsight.com - Home World International
The governor of the Central Bank of Ireland said Britain was likely to leave the European Union with a deal but that the European banking system was …
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World News
The past 72 hours of Brexit ridiculousness, explained
Vox - Jen Kirby
The EU and the UK are still talking, and Prime Minister Theresa May will update Parliament about Brexit on Tuesday. There are less than 50 days to go until Brexit officially happens, and the United Kingdom
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Great Britain
Barnier says Corbyn's Brexit offer 'interesting'
outlookindia.com
Luxembourg, Feb 11 The EU's chief Brexit negotiator said Monday British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn's plan to revive European divorce talks was …
Northern Ireland
Seven in 10 SMEs think Brexit will have negative impact and many are cancelling investment plans
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British Prime Minister Theresa May pictured after a meeting with European Council President Donald Tusk at the European Council headquarters in …
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Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson's explanation for why Brexit will be fine is the least reassuring thing ever
mirror.co.uk - Dan Bloom
There are just 46 days to go, but Boris Johnson says it's no problem because our politicians are "responsible human beings". Yes. THAT Boris …
Northern Ireland
Lord Empey: Withdrawal Agreement backstop is a sledgehammer to crack a relatively small nut
newsletter.co.uk - www.newsletter.co.uk
If you leave a customs union, naturally you cannot expect to have the same rights and privileges as an existing member. Thus, the border between …
Tim Chapmanadded this to Brexit Watch
Opinion (UK)
May and Corbyn are steering a ship of fools on to the Brexit rocks – a Final Say referendum could stop them
independent.co.uk - Adam Price
Theresa May is trying to head off a St Valentine’s Day massacre. The prime minister’s efforts to postpone the moment that her tattered credibility …
The Guardianadded this to TV & Radio
Angela Merkel
Inside Europe: superb TV that shows how to solve the EU crisis
The Guardian - Mark Lawson
An emergency meeting needs to take place to save the European economies – but Britain no longer has a government, and the German finance minister, on whom any deal depends, has taken to his hotel bed The
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Opinion (Canada)
Feb. 12: Explain, Mr. Trudeau. Clearly, please. Plus other letters to the editor
The Globe and Mail - Contributed to The Globe and Mail
Letters to the Editor should be exclusive to The Globe and Mail. Include your name, address and daytime phone number. Try to keep letters to fewer than 150 words. Letters may be edited for length and To
Great Britain
Corbyn and May letters — read between the lines | Financial Times
ft.com - www.ft.com
Nobody sends letters any more, except — it seems — Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May. The Labour leader wrote to the prime minister on Wednesday, making …