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Daily Wrap Up 05 April 2022
Stock markets in continental Europe are under pressure as the EU announced plans to reduce its dependency on coal from Russia.
Davis: Britain seeks equivalence with EU laws and not harmonization
24 Jan 2018 01:26 PM |David Davis, Brexit minister, said his country was not seeking to harmonize its laws with the European Union after leaving,
Davis: a new UK-EU Trade agreement could be reached within 12 months
25 Oct 2017 12:03 PM |David Davis, the Brexit minister claims that a new free trade deal between UK and the EU could be agreed in the remaining 12 months of Brexit talks.
Things are going well on the second day of the EU summit
20 Oct 2017 12:38 PM |Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, sent a positive message at the EU summit to an appeal by British Prime Minister Theresa May to help with the negotiating process, saying that talks on Brexit are moving forward and unlikely to break down.
Catalonia leader announces he's ready for dialogue with Spanish government
16 Oct 2017 12:54 PM |Carlos Puigdemont addressed the Spanish government and said he was willing to talk about secession from Spain in the next two months but was ready to meet with Mariano Rajoy for the time being, asking him to drop the court proceedings against the Catalan police chief.
Junker: Britain should pay what it owes to move to the second phase of negotiations
13 Oct 2017 12:20 PM |Jean Claude Junker, President of the European Commission, made the following statement:
- If the United Kingdom wants to move on to the second phase of negotiations, they have to pay.
- Why not just say that the rights of EU citizens will remain as they are after Brexit
Barnier: Recent Brexit talks were constructive but without big steps forward
12 Oct 2017 01:48 PM |Michel Barnier, head of the European Commission, made the following statement:
- Recent talks on Brexit have been constructive but no big steps have been taken.
- The conditions for starting talks still remain on the ambitious partnership in the future.
May: We should focus to get the best deal with the EU
11 Oct 2017 01:12 PM |British Prime Minister Theresa May declined to comment on whether she would vote in favor of Brexit in other referendum, and avoided more than once answering an issue that determines the fate of future generations in Britain. Although she spoke of a promising Brexit since she took power last year, she quietly supported staying in the EU in the run-up to the June 2016 referendum.
Hammond: The British economy is robust but surrounded by a cloud of uncertainty
11 Oct 2017 12:00 PM |Philip Hammond, the British finance minister, said:
- The IMF forecasts reflects how we have been affected by the uncertainty resulting from Brexit.
Daily wrap up – 2 October
2 Oct 2017 10:54 PM |The beginning of the first week of the last quarter of 2017 was very inflammatory. Catalonia held a referendum on secession from Spain and the approval rate reached 90%, but the Spanish government rejected that referendum and considered it illegal. The European Commission supported that view, calling on all parties to sit at the dialogue table.
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