EU trade talks ‘could stall over Brussels’ refusal to allow British hauliers full access to work within the bloc after the UK leaves in December’ UK wants hauliers allowed to work extensively within the bloc after December This includes transit to Turkey and making drop offs in member states But Brussels says it gives almost … Read more
Ruthless traffickers have set up a base in Belgium to smuggle migrants across the Channel. The Daily Mail has established that organised crime networks calling themselves the ‘boat mafia’ have moved in to Brussels to profit from a huge rise in migrants. Some 1,000 arrivals are using the city as an alternative staging post to … Read more
Champagne Eurocrats: Private jets, fine wine and ‘shooting range rental’ rack up eye-watering sums as Brussels audit reveals EU officials are STILL on the gravy train – with UK contributing £9billion in membership fees this year Almost £400,000 was spent on private jets by Donald Tusk’s administration Other eye-catching sums were £90,000 on hiring ‘meeting rooms’ at … Read more
Boris Johnson gives the EU three months to seal a Brexit trade deal as face-to-face talks resume in Brussels The UK and the European Union are in currently talks over a Brexit trade deal UK PM Boris Johnson has set a deadline of three months to conclude the talks UK chief Brexit negotiator David Frost … Read more
Boris Johnson says he WILL away from trade talks with Brussels as and leave EU on ‘Australia terms’ if no deal can be reached Boris Johnson told Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki UK was ‘prepared to leave’ EU Country would use ‘Australia terms’ of no bespoke deal without an agreement Angela Merkel warned UK would ‘live with consequences’ … Read more
Activists have removed a statue of Belgium’s King Leopold II in Brussels – days after another one was taken down in Antwerp due to anti-racism vandalism. The figure was removed from its plinth during Thursday night, Belgian broadcaster RTBF reported, leaving an empty stand in the Auderghem neighbourhood on Friday. Photos show the separated bust on the floor … Read more
Boris Johnson is ready to accept EU tariffs on some British goods in a bid to break the deadlock in EU trade talks. The latest round broke up yesterday with both sides saying there had been no significant progress. But UK sources said the Prime Minister’s chief negotiator David Frost had made a significant new … Read more
Along with killing tens of thousands of people in countries such as Britain, and inflicting years of subsequent economic pain, the corona crisis should drive lasting change in our perceptions of China. It’s not that this virus has changed the nature of the Chinese regime; but it has made its repressive, secretive and self-aggrandising side … Read more
MEPs blast plans to allow Greta Thunberg to visit Brussels parliament despite BAN on guests to cut coronavirus risks The young activist will still deliver a speech to MEPs in Brussels on Wednesday Conservative MEP Nuno Melo of Portugal was among those to criticise the move Belgian MEP Hilde Vautmans sent a letter to parliament president … Read more