European Breaking News
News Politics

Brexit delay to be agreed by EU under conditions

By 754 0

The leaders of EU had taken decisions to grant permissions to Theresa May for Brexit delay. France urges for conditions to limit Britain’s ability to undermine the bloc.

Prime Minister Theresa May dashed to Berlin and Paris for a meetup with Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron to ask for permission to allow UK to put off its divorce from April 12.

It is not yet clear about what Merkel and Macron had agreed with May. A draft seen by reuters read, “The United Kingdom shall facilitate the achievement of the Union’s tasks and refrain from any measure which could jeopardise the attainment of the Union’s objectives”.

A Brexit delay to June 30 was asked by May to the EU. But the draft left the end-date blank pending a decision by the other 27 national leaders on Wednesday evening in Brussels.

May had said that she fears Brexit might never happen as she battles to get a divorce deal ratified by a divided parliament, more than a week after Britain was originally supposed to leave the EU.

Image courtesy: euronews. com / images are subject to copyright

European Breaking News
News Politics

Theresa May to seek for Brexit Delay to Merkel and Macron

By 812 0

PM Theresa May will be meeting Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor and French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday to have a discussion for Brexit delay while her ministers hold crisis talks with the opposition to try to break the deadlock in London.

May’s proposal for Britain to leave the EU had been declined already. But, Theresa May is asking for yet more time as she courts veteran socialist Jeremy Corbyn, whose opposition Labour Party wants to keep Britain more closely tied to the bloc after Brexit.

Jeremy Corbyn, ahead of further talks between his team and government ministers have said, “The prime minister has not yet moved off her red lines so we can reach a compromise”.

May is due to visit Berlin and Paris ahead of an emergency EU summit in Brussels on Wednesday. The UK lawmakers are planning to hold a 90-minute debate on her proposal to delay Britain’s EU departure date to June 30 from April 12.

Image courtesy: politico.eu / images are subject to copyright

European Breaking News
News Politics

Brexit: Cross-party talks to continue amidst the deadlock situation

By 663 0

Downing Street has said that the Ministers and their shadow counterparts will go on cross-party talks on Tuesday, as they try to break the Brexit deadlock.

The Prime Minister had not accepted the demand of Labour’s customs union, sources said. But, there occurred a move to change the non-binding political declaration.

Jeremy Corbyn, the labour leader said there had been no change in the government’s “red lines”. A spokesman of Downing Street said, government was “committed to finding a way through” which requires both sides “to work at a pace”.

The UK is currently due to leave the EU at 23:00 BST on Friday. The MP’s have not accepted the withdrawal agreement of Theresa May so far.

It has been reported that May would be attending an emergency summit in Brussels on Wednesday. The leaders of EU are expecting fresh plans aimed at ending the impasse in Parliament.

Apart from this, Theresa May will be meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron in Berlin and Paris on Tuesday, to have a discussion regarding this.

Image courtesy: theconversation. com / images are subject to copyright

European Breaking News
News Politics

Brexit: May asks for an extension to 30th June

By 726 0

The talks regarding Brexit deal, with the Government was of no use, says the Britain’s opposition Labour Party. The leaders of the European Union said that PM Theresa May could not convince them, that they should let Britain delay its departure next week.

May had requested to EU for a further delay to Brexit until 30 June. She had submitted a document to Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council regarding this. May had agreed that the country was preparing to take part in elections for the European Parliament in May. On 12th of April, The UK is currently due to leave the EU. No withdrawal deal has been approved by MPs.

The Tory negotiating team had not yet approved any changes to May’s original deal, said Sir Keir Starmer, the shadow Brexit secretary.

“The government will want to agree a timetable for ratification that allows the United Kingdom to withdraw from the EU before 23 May 2019 and therefore cancel the European parliament elections, but will continue to make responsible preparations to hold the elections should this not prove possible”, said May.

Image courtesy: euronews.com / images are subject to copyright

European Breaking News
News Politics

Brexit: Theresa May to meet Corbyn to deal with the deadlock

By 701 0

UK Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to have a meet up with the leader of opposition Jeremy Corbyn. May had previously said that said she wanted to work with the Labour leader to break the Brexit deadlock.

May is trying to bring out a modified version of her withdrawal deal with the EU, with the support of Corbyn, so that she can secure the backing of MPs. Jeremy Corbyn said that he wants a customs union and workers’ rights to be priorities.

MPs’ cross party group is expected to have an attempt to push through legislation to stop a no-deal Brexit.

Theresa May had taken the decision to have a meeting with Corbyn after more than seven hours of talks with her cabinet on Tuesday. Brexiteers in her party, including former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is seemed to be upset with this deal. Boris Johnson had previously accused her of “entrusting the final handling of Brexit to Labour”.

Jeremy Corbyn had said that he is “very happy” to meet Mrs May and recognised his own “responsibility” to try to break the deadlock.

Image courtesy: businessinsider. in / images are subject to copyright

europe times european daily trending world news Maduro announces power rationing in Venezuela
News Politics

Maduro announces power rationing in Venezuela

By 708 0

As as electricity crisis continues in Venezuela, the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announces power rationing amid outages for a period of 30 days. The people of Venezuela had protested against the lack of water and electric service during a new power outage in Venezuela, in Caracas on Sunday.

Maduro had said that years of government neglect, mismanagement and corruption have left the electrical grid in shambles. Maduro said that the power rationing will be “with an emphasis on guaranteeing water service”.

Jorge Rodriguez, Communications Minister said, “To achieve consistency in the provision of electricity, the Bolivarian government decided to maintain the suspension of school activities and establish a workday until 2:00 pm in public and private institutions”.

Image courtesy: ctv news / images are subject to copyright.

europe times european daily trending world news Slovakia to welcome its first female president- Zuzana Caputova
News Politics

Slovakia to welcome its first female president- Zuzana Caputova

By 2120 0

Zuzana Caputova, the Anti-corruption candidate has won Slovakia’s presidential election and became the first female president of Slovakia. Zuzana defeated the high-profile diplomat Maros Sefcovic who was nominated by the governing party, without any political experiences.

Zuzana framed the election as a struggle between good and evil. She gained 58.3 percent of the votes after results from 98.1 percent of voting districts were counted, ahead of European commissioner Maros Sefcovic who took 41.7 percent.

During the vote counting, Zuzana came as the frontrunner for the presidential post. The official results were declared on Sunday by Slovakia’s election commission.

She first achieved renown by prevailing in a decade-long struggle against the situating of a toxic landfill in her hometown of Pezinok. For this she was awarded a 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize. In December 2017, she announced her entry into the emerging political party Progressive Slovakia, and in January 2018, she was elected as a Vice-Chairwoman at the party’s first congress, aiding Ivan Stefunko’s efforts to assure the representation of a credible socially-liberal alternative to the conservative status quo in Slovakia.

Image courtesy: japantimes.co.jp / images are subject to copyright.

europe times european daily trending world news Brexit No Majority for any options. Deadlock continues
News Politics

Brexit: No Majority for any options, Deadlock continues

By 626 0

MPs’ eight proposed Brexit options were put forward and none of these gets a majority support, which leads to a deadlock continuation in Brexit issue.

Prime Minister Theresa May’ deal were rejected twice and the Parliament was trying to find an alternative for this. The options included were a customs union with the EU and a referendum on any deal – were supposed to help find a consensus over how to leave the EU.

Stephen Barclay, the Brexit Secretary said that the results strengthened ministers’ view their deal was “the best option”. Prime Minister Theresa May had promised to resign from her position as PM if her deal was passed.

In a meeting of Tory MPs , May told that she would leave office earlier than planned if it guaranteed Parliament’s backing for her withdrawal agreement with the EU.

In a meeting of her Conservative MPs May said, I know there is a desire for a new approach – and new leadership – in the second phase of the Brexit negotiations and I won’t stand in the way of that”.

Image courtesy: france24.com / images are subject to copyright

News Politics

The presidential campaign formally launched by Senator Gillibrand

By 611 0

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate Senator Kirsten Gillibrand formally launched her presidential bid on Sunday. She said that she will deliver her first major speech next week in front of Trump International Hotel in New York City.

An exploratory committee was launched by Gillibrand earlier this year as a precursor. Many democrats who have already formally entered the contest to win the nomination to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in the November 2020 election had joined the committee.

In a recently released video, Gillibrand said “We need a leader who makes big, bold, brave choices. Someone who isn’t afraid of progress. That’s why I’m running for president. And it’s why I’m asking you for your support ”.

She had struggled to increase her polling numbers in the wake of her initial announcement, a benefit some of her other opponents enjoyed after starting their campaigns.

Image courtesy: nypost.com / images are subject to copyright.

British MPs to vote on PM May's amended Brexit deal, London, United Kingdom - 12 Mar 2019
News Politics

British Parliament Rejected Brexit deal for a second time

By 694 0

PM Teresa May is defeated for a second time by the rejection of Brexit deal by the British MPs. 242 parliament members voted in favor and 391 rejected the deal. It is for the second time that May’s Brexit deal is being rejected by the British Parliament. Last time, 432 members had voted against the deal.

The European Union had said no deal plans were “more important than ever” after the defeat. Various EU leaders expressed their distress after
MPs voted to reject Mrs May’s deal.

Teresa May is expected to try for a third time to get parliamentary support. The defeat of May, this time can be considered to be smaller than the last on in January, with a record 230-votes that rejected the proposal.

Image courtesy: variety.com / images are subject to copyright