Russia earned £80BILLION in fossil fuel exports during the first 100 days of the war, with the majority bought by the EU, study finds Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air found EU bought 61% of Russian oil The EU aims to reduce gas shipments by two-thirds this year without […]
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(Bloomberg) — The UK unveiled legislation to override parts of the Brexit deal it signed with the European Union, risking a trade war with the bloc, which threatened to take legal action. Most Read from Bloomberg The bill seeks to hand the UK powers to unilaterally rewrite the bulk of […]
Liz Truss Foreign Secretary – Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The European Union will restart legal action against Britain over breaches of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, with a looming threat of a trade war if the Government refuses to comply. Maros Sefcovic, a European Commission vice-president, said that […]
The UK government will Monday introduce legislation to unilaterally rip up post-Brexit trading rules for Northern Ireland, despite the potential for a trade war with the EU. London says it still prefers a negotiated outcome with the European Union to reform the “Northern Ireland Protocol”, whose provisions have become anathema […]
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Mr Macron pushed even harder for an EU Army, saying the bloc could no longer rely on NATO or the United States for protection. The French President has also called on EU members to make themselves available to act independently of the US and […]
As of 12 June, more than 795 children have been killed or injured in Ukraine, the country’s government has said in its regular update. It said at least 287 children had died, and 508 injured in the conflict, adding the caveat that confirmation of incidents was difficult in areas of […]
The Court of Justice of the European Union confirmed on Thursday that Brexit means Britons are no longer EU citizens. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) interprets EU law to make sure it is applied in the same way in all EU countries. It also settles legal […]
Commentator Nile Gardiner hit out at the EU’s approach to China and Russia, accusing the bloc of “appeasement”. He claimed that they have “emboldened Chinese aggression”, comparing a potential invasion of Taiwan with Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. There have been growing concerns that China will attempt to use military force […]