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Farmers protest with manure and burning tyres in clashes with police in Brussels
In Brussels, farmers from Belgium and beyond have driven tractors towards EU headquarters, filling the streets with manure, burning tyres and clashing with police.
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UK prime minister in Brussels for post-Brexit deal talks with EU chief
UK prime minister Boris Johnson in Brussels for post-Brexit deal talks with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen
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UK-EU trade talks resume as chief negotiator Lord Frost arrives in Brussels
The talks between Lord Frost and his EU counterparts might have resumed, but “significant differences” remain on fishing, state aid and the governance of any deal.
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“Democracy happened”: On the last day in Brussels MEPs from both sides debate what next
Brexit Party’s Alex Phillips and Labour’s Seb Dance reflect on their last day in Brussels and what comes next for the UK now that Brexit is just a few days away.
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Joy and tears on last day in Brussels before Brexit day
The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to back Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal.
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‘You can’t just transfer powers from Brussels to London’ – Gordon Brown
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown said today the power of Brussels must be transferred to the regions, to stop the country breaking up after Brexit.
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Boris Johnson secures Brexit deal with Brussels
The Prime Minister came to Brussels today hailing his Brexit deal as “excellent”.
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Philippe Lamberts MEP: ‘Johnson wants to give impression his team is negotiating in Brussels, while there’s no negotiation happening’
Philippe Lamberts is a member of European Parliament who sits on its Brexit Steering Group.
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Brussels says no-deal Brexit ‘a tragedy for all sides’
European Union leaders have urged Mr Johnson to avoid a no-deal Brexit, describing the prospect as “a tragedy for all sides”. The EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier, though, promised that they were ready to “work constructively” with the UK to achieve an orderly Brexit.
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May’s last-ditch dash to Brussels to salvage her Brexit deal
The scene is set for a crisis: MPs indicating they still won’t back the PM’s deal, Theresa May insisting she won’t ask for a long extension, and the EU currently saying nothing except that they might convene an emergency summit next week.
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Brussels exerts control over Brexit
Control over what happens next in the Brexit process appears to have shifted to Brussels.
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Corbyn in Brussels to break Brexit deadlock – as Juncker declares his ‘Brexit fatigue’
We don’t need more time – we need decisions from the British Parliament – this from the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier.
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Cross-party Brexit committee in Brussels for talks
In Brussels and in Westminster the search for a solution to the Brexit impasse goes on. Today MPs from the cross-party Brexit committee met one of the EU’s most powerful officials – hoping to find out if Europe would make any legally binding assurances on the Northern Ireland backstop. The backstop was also on the…
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EU vs Fake News: The truth about Brussels’ fight against disinformation
The EU has declared war on fake news. But leaders admit the aim is to make sure “anti-democrats don’t win at the ballot boxes”.
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Theresa May tries to salvage Brexit deal in Brussels
Theresa May is ending the worst week of her political life in the place where she now looks more comfortable than Westminster. This is her second visit to Brussels in three days and now that she has clung on to her job she came hoping to get her deal across the line in Parliament.
