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All the latest news, polling, analysis and comment about the UK’s departure from the European Union.
UK has fingers in its ears over Trump’s defense threat

UK has fingers in its ears over Trump’s defense threat

Britain’s political leaders are refusing to engage with suggestions that the country’s security calculation might be changing.

June 2, 2025 4:24 am CET
Starmer bets ‘sell-out’ on fish won’t spook Brits weary of Brexit
Britain needs a labor shortage, not EU youth mobility, says Farage’s deputy
Starmer urged to back EU mobility as Brexit summit looms
Macron accepts invitation for state visit with King Charles in July
How Macron is playing hardball as Starmer strives for EU reset
Brexit Britain to remain safe haven for sand eels
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Von der Leyen to attend UK energy security summit

Commission president’s visit comes as the U.K. and EU explore closer ties.

April 17, 2025 5:24 pm CET

Britain’s Reeves calls for closer EU-UK defense ties

UK chancellor’s trip comes amid intensifying discussions about re-arming fund proposed by Brussels — and push for British involvement.

April 11, 2025 10:01 am CET

Can Britain live without American intelligence?

Some insiders think it’s time for Britain to dial back the sharing of intelligence with the U.S., long one of the most critical elements of the special relationship.

April 7, 2025 4:01 am CET

UK rejects EU plan to tie defense pact to fishing quotas

EU governments have hinted that agreement on fishing is their price to give ground on Keir Starmer’s own priorities.

April 1, 2025 5:49 pm CET

Brexit’s unfinished business: Gibraltar talks stuck in limbo

The rock’s government wants open borders with Spain to make life easier for its residents. But there are no further rounds of talks in the calendar.

February 16, 2025 6:00 pm CET

Good Friday-era politician picked to review Northern Ireland’s Brexit rules

Paul Murphy, who played a key role in the 1998 peace breakthrough, will recommend possible changes to how Northern Ireland enforces EU goods law—and, to unionist dismay, polices goods coming from Britain.

January 9, 2025 6:28 pm CET

EU sues UK for violating free movement in Brexit treaty

U.K. has “shortcomings” in implementation of terms of deal, European Commission says.

December 16, 2024 2:12 pm CET

Is Donald Trump about to wreck Brexit?

The U.S. president-elect’s return to the world stage comes as Britain and the EU are resetting relations. Brussels sees an opportunity.

November 13, 2024 4:00 am CET

Trump won’t ruin our ties with EU, insists UK’s Starmer

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he wants “good relations with all of our allies” — and won’t get into Trump tariff carve-outs.

November 12, 2024 8:00 am CET

How Brexit helped Britain lose the Chagos Islands

After more than half a century, the U.K. is passing sovereignty of the disputed territory back to Mauritius. Why now?

November 1, 2024 4:20 am CET

Brexit row erupts over UK tax on private schools

French ambassador Hélène Duchêne warned the government’s VAT charges went against ‘the reset to our relationship.’

October 28, 2024 12:04 pm CET

Brexit ‘reset’ won’t include financial services

Britain’s economic powerhouse the City of London is being left out — again — even as EU and UK relations thaw.

October 9, 2024 4:25 am CET
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Brexit talks are back — forever

Keir Starmer came away from his first visit to Brussels as prime minister with an agreement to keep talking.

October 2, 2024 7:42 pm CET

EU aims to butter up Keir Starmer with revamp of youth mobility scheme for Brits

Changes open to negotiation could include shorter stays and tighter eligibility criteria.

September 25, 2024 5:57 pm CET

Nigel Farage is right: Britain’s Remainers are back

For the first time since the 2016 Brexit referendum, Britain’s pro-Europeans have the upper hand.

September 20, 2024 4:00 am CET

UK snubs EU over rejoining popular Erasmus student swap scheme

Government spokesperson says the U.K. has “no plans” to rejoin European program.

August 28, 2024 4:26 am CET

UK’s Starmer wants to ‘turn a corner on Brexit’

Britain’s new leader heads to Berlin and Paris to talk up a fresh pact with Germany — and closer ties with Europe.

August 27, 2024 11:31 pm CET

UK splashes extra £10M to avert Brexit chaos at ports

The EU’s new border system has raised fears of queues and delays for British travelers to Europe.

August 27, 2024 5:30 pm CET

Sex, drugs and … paperwork: Brexit steals spotlight from British bands

A diminishing number of grassroots U.K. musicians are performing at the continent’s festivals.

August 23, 2024 5:49 am CET

Keir Starmer is a sensation with the French

But it will take more than a serenade to woo Paris.

August 9, 2024 6:00 am CET

Starmer and Macron: New allies heading in different directions

A U.K. Foreign Office aide said the French president was pleased by how the Brits handled his brainchild summit.

July 18, 2024 10:52 pm CET

Keir Starmer’s Brexit reboot

Thursday’s European leaders’ summit in Oxfordshire is a well-timed opportunity for the new UK prime minister to reset relations.

July 17, 2024 7:31 pm CET

Post-Brexit security pact with EU ‘will complement’ NATO, Starmer says

The new U.K. PM is seeking to recalibrate Britain’s relationship with Europe.

July 10, 2024 1:04 pm CET

Irish prime minister: EU open to Keir Starmer’s Brexit plan

The Labour government is seeking a ‘reset’ of the U.K.’s relationship with Europe.

July 7, 2024 12:12 pm CET
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