October 1, 2020 European Union launches legal action against UK over controversial Internal Market Bill The European Union announced Thursday that it is launching legal action against Britain over their plans to pass trade legislation that would constitute a “breach of the obligation of good faith laid down in the Withdrawal Agreement” hashed out between the two sides last year.
September 30, 2020 European MPs call on EU to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize EXCLUSIVE: Three members of the European Parliament on Thursday submitted a resolution to call on the E.U. to nominate President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize -- the latest in a growing effort to nominate the president for the prestigious award.
September 30, 2020 Twitter temporarily suspends Hungarian government account 'without warning or explanation,' cabinet official claims Twitter temporarily suspended an official account of the Hungarian government on Wednesday.
September 18, 2020 Turkey's confrontational foreign policy challenges Greece, European Union amid rising maritime tensions NATO members Greece and Turkey have ratcheted up tensions in recent weeks over access to natural resources in the Mediterranean, causing yet another fracture in the western military alliance.
September 15, 2020 Brexit drama in the UK as Boris Johnson pushes bill to override EU exit deal More than four years since Brits voted to leave the European Union, the U.K. is once again engulfed in another Brexit crisis -- with a dramatic move by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to rewrite parts of the initial divorce deal, sparking outrage and threats of legal action from E.U. leaders.
September 14, 2020 Brexit: Boris Johnson rails against EU in push for new bill as Miliband hits back British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says his plan to unilaterally rewrite Britain's divorce deal with the European Union is an insurance policy against the bloc's unreasonable behavior, comments that came as his former attorney general joined a growing number of once-loyal lawmakers condemning the contentious move.
September 12, 2020 Nancy Pelosi hosts virtual G7 summit with world leaders: 'The climate crisis is the existential threat of our time' Speakers of parliament from G7 joined, plus Bono and the Dalai Lama
September 10, 2020 EU demands UK rewrite new Brexit bill, threatens legal action as tensions escalate The European Union on Thursday demanded that the United Kingdom immediately rewrite a new Brexit bill that would change parts of a divorce agreement it signed with the E.U. last year -- threatening legal action if the outgoing member does not comply.
September 9, 2020 UK bill to override Brexit agreement would break international law should negotiations fail, officials say United Kingdom government ministers on Wednesday published a draft version of the controversial “Internal Market Bill,” which admittedly in practice would break international law by overriding parts of Brexit’s withdrawal agreement from the European Union.
September 8, 2020 EU, UK again try to break deadlock on post-Brexit ties The U.K.'s chief negotiator in post-Brexit trade talks called for "more realism" from the European Union before the start Tuesday of another round of discussions between the two sides.