EU Parliament to vote tonight on Brexit future relationship deal Crucial vote, put off from March, will determine whether current arrangements continue including healthcare deals for visiting Britons and UK pensioners who move to France
'Unique' trade deal possible if UK upholds standards In the Brexit future relationship talks it is possible to create “unique” free trade agreement with zero tariffs and quotas, going further than any other, but it will require a “level-playing-field” without “unfair competition,” European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said yesterday.
MEPs speak of love and hate in emotional Brexit debate Emotions ran high in the European Parliament last night in a Brexit deal debate in which MEPs spoke of love – and in one case hate – and several speakers broke down in tears.
news MEPs sing Auld Lang Syne in tribute to departing UK In a moving tribute to Britain and its departing MEPs the European Parliament stood up and linked arms for a rousing three verses of Auld Lang Syne after a vote which means the UK will leave the EU in two days' time.
Do more for expats, UK’s Brexit minister told European parliament’s Brexit chief wants to see better treatment for Britons who are living abroad in the EU before the end of the transition period
Pro-British tributes as UK MEPs sit for last time ‘Europe is not about where you come from; it’s about where you want to go’ - Spanish MEP Esteban González Pons.
Give Britons free movement across EU, urge MEPs The European Parliament is to "urge" that continuing future free movement across the whole EU should be guaranteed for those British people living in the EU before the end of the transition period - as well as a lifelong ‘right of return’ for EU citizens living in the UK.
MEPs 'could not consent' to PM's new Brexit plan MEPS have poured cold water on the UK government’s proposals for measures to replace the controversial ‘backstop’ in the Brexit deal saying they have "grave concerns" and they could not consent to them.
‘Use UK MEP seats for revamp of Euro elections’ President Emmanuel Macron wants to use Britain’s empty 73 MEP seats as part of a revamp of the Euro election system from 2019.