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Luke James is Brussels Correspondent for Yahoo Finance UK.
Yahoo Finance UKMay calls EU leaders after cross-party talks to break Brexit impasse
Theresa May is set for talks with the EU’s two most senior figures after holding cross-party talks at Westminster in a bid to resolve the Brexit impasse.
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May tries to break Brexit stalemate with Juncker - by text message
When Theresa May and Jean-Claude Juncker promised recently to “stay in touch”, it was presumed that meant the prime minister and European commission president would meet in person or speak by phone.
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Barnier: EU ready to renegotiate Brexit deal if UK ‘shifts red lines’
Michel Barnier has responded to the crushing defeat of the Brexit deal he brokered with the UK government by offering to reopen negotiations – but only if the UK “shifts” its red lines.
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EU ready for new talks with May after Brexit deal defeat
The EU is ready to restart Brexit talks if the withdrawal agreement is rejected by MPs as expected, according to two senior German politicians.
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EU leaders give 'solemn' backstop reassurances to May ahead of Brexit vote
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker attends a news conference after a European Union summit meeting in Brussels, Belgium, December 14, 2018. EU leaders have sent a letter of reassurance over the Irish border backstop to prime minister Theresa May in a last ditch bid to help her win the vote over the Brexit deal. “Just like the United Kingdom, the European Union does not wish to see the backstop enter into force,” says the letter from European commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and EU council president Donald Tusk.
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Juncker rules out giving May anything more than ‘clarifications’ over Brexit deal
EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker has dashed Theresa May’s hopes of securing a game-changing intervention that would change the mood in Parliament over the Brexit deal.
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EU toughens financial supervision to stop ‘dodgy business’ from UK after Brexit
The mistrust between Brussels and London has been laid bare as MEPs backed new reforms over financial services to stop the City exploiting Brexit to do 'dodgy business.'
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Barnier vows backstop will not be weakened by EU’s assurances over Brexit deal
EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier has vowed that any assurances over the Brexit deal given to prime minister Theresa May won’t weaken the Irish border backstop, according to the leader of Sinn Fein.
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European Commission hits out at claim it's trying to 'punish' the UK over Brexit
The European Commission’s top official has publicly clashed with a Conservative MP over claims made about his role in Brexit negotiations.
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'There is nothing more we can do' - EU struggling to help Theresa May win the Brexit deal vote
European leaders are struggling to find a way to help Theresa May convince MPs to back the Brexit deal, with one minister warning the block could do 'nothing more.'
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Juncker won't renegotiate Brexit deal in phone call with May this week
Theresa May has been warned by the EU that she will not be able to renegotiate any part of the Brexit deal.
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May calls Juncker for help amid struggle to pass Brexit deal
Prime minister Theresa May will speak to EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker in a fresh bid to win the Brexit deal assurances she believes are needed to convince MPs to back it.
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Juncker ignored EU watchdog's advice over Brexit talks transparency, letters reveal
EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker dismissed calls from the bloc’s official watchdog to make Brexit talks more transparent, letters seen by Yahoo Finance UK show.
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Breunion Boys: A new Dutch boyband are trying to stop Brexit through song
The most bizarre bid to stop Brexit yet is a "a serious effort to win over Leave-voting communities.'
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Juncker hasn’t sent May a Christmas card because 'the Brexit deal is a better gift'
EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker has spurned the chance to call a Christmas truce in Brexit tensions by sending a card to Theresa May.
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EU urges British banks to relocate to avoid no-deal 'catastrophe'
The European commission has told British banks and insurances firms they should relocate to the continent if they want to avoid what its president, Jean-Claude Juncker, called a no-deal "catastrophe."
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A million Brits living on the continent would become ‘illegal’ under EU no-deal plans
UK citizens will lose their automatic legal rights to live on the continent under a no-deal Brexit, the European commission has confirmed.
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Juncker working ‘full throttle’, says EU after ‘stumble’ sparks new health concerns
The European commission has dismissed concerns over the health of its president, Jean-Claude Juncker, after images emerged which appear to show him stumbling at a dinner in Vienna.
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EU's Verhofstadt blasts Hunt for ‘glorifying’ no-deal Brexit
Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt has come under fire in Brussels for playing down the impact of a potential no-deal Brexit.
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Christmas pay rise means EU chiefs make UK average annual wage every month
The monthly pay checks of EU chiefs Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk are close to the average annual salary for British workers, it has been revealed.