UK’s Boris Johnson: PM May’s Brexit plans are an outrage
Boris Johnson, Prime Minister Theresa May’s former foreign secretary, said her Brexit plans were a constitutional outrage that would humiliate the United Kingdom by leaving it under the European Union’s sway for generations to come.
Leader of Northern Ireland’s DUP warns EU’s Barnier: you can’t annex us
The European Union cannot be allowed to “annex” Northern Ireland by having it accept different regulations than those that apply in the rest of the United Kingdom, the leader of the province’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) said on Tuesday.
UK’s Johnson bids to shore up Conservative resolve in dig at PM May
Boris Johnson, one of Britain’s most prominent Brexit campaigners, said Prime Minister Theresa May’s party had lost its confidence and called on Conservatives to champion the free market to keep the opposition Labour Party out of power.
Far-right surge in Bavaria vote could reshape Germany’s national politics
The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) is poised to humiliate Chancellor Angela Merkel’s allies in an Oct. 14 vote for Germany’s most influential regional government, an election that could have far-reaching implications for national politics.
Romanian president says Brexit deal ‘desirable and possible’
Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis said after meeting the European Union’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier on Tuesday that a deal with Britain was “desirable and possible”.
Beyond the rhetoric, Britain, EU preparing to move forward on Brexit
“Unworkable”, “unacceptable”, “impasse” – the words used to describe Brexit talks between Britain and the European Union do little to temper concerns that the two are heading for a chaotic divorce.
Northern Irish DUP leader: We cannot accept different regulations to rest of UK
The leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), on whose support British Prime Minister Theresa May relies on to govern, said she could no accept different regulation in the province to the rest of the UK after Brexit.
France seizes Iranian assets in retaliation for bomb plot
France seized assets belonging to Iran’s intelligence services and two Iranian nationals in response to a June plot to attack an exiled Iranian opposition group’s rally outside Paris, the government said on Tuesday.
Romania’s vote to rule out same sex marriage stirs hate, say LGBT groups
Gay bar owner and novelist Alex Andronic fears a referendum this weekend in Romania that aims to prevent same sex couples ever securing the right to marry not only darkens his future, it will also stir an intolerable level of hate and discrimination.
British PM May backs heterosexual civil partnerships
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday that heterosexual couples will be allowed to enter into a civil partnership, previously a union only available to those of the same sex.
