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18 Mar
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Parliament speaker rules out third vote on ‘same’ Brexit deal

By Charlie Cooper Theresa May's government cannot hold a third vote on its Brexit deal without securing a "demonstrable change" agreed with the EU, House of Commons Speaker John Bercow ruled, throwing the government's plans into further chaos. In an announcement that took MPs by surprise, Bercow said that according to parliamentary conventions dating as far back as 1604, the government could not hold repeated votes in the House of Commons, in the same parliamentary session, on a motion that...

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18 Mar
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British Parliament likely to vote again on the Withdrawal Agreement in last push to get Brexit over the line

By Mike Archer, Director Public Affairs, Strategic Communications | FTI Consulting On Wednesday 20th March 1,000 days will have passed since the UK held an historic vote to leave the European Union. 1,000 days filled with accusations and counter-accusations; procrastination followed by sudden acceleration; anger, frustration and despair; and, of course, soundbite after soundbite. But perhaps most of all, 1,000 days of uncertainty for business and citizens across the European continent. When the headlines are written this week, will they...

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15 Mar
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Theresa May asks for one more week

By Tom McTague Prime minister’s latest move effectively creates a seven-day deadline for MPs to sign off on her Brexit deal. Theresa May has a week to save her deal — and possibly Brexit. After another stinging defeat in the House of Commons Wednesday night, the U.K. prime minister confirmed MPs would get a vote to delay Brexit on Thursday. This would take the form of either a short technical extension of Article 50 in order to agree a Brexit deal with the...

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15 Mar
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The Weekly Vulcan View For March 11th – March 15th 2019 Featuring Analysis Of The Latest EU Developments

Key Events This Week: Third time lucky for the PM’s deal? In what was another dramatic week in the House of Commons MPs decisively rejected the Prime Minister’s deal and on Wednesday moved to rule out a No Deal scenario in all eventualities. However, the latter was non-binding as the legal default remains that a No Deal outcome can only be removed by Westminster either voting for a Withdrawal Agreement, choosing to unilaterally revoke Article 50 or extending the negotiating...

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13 Mar
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UK parliament votes to reject no-deal Brexit

by Charlie Cooper MPs are concerned that leaving the EU without a deal on March 29 would damage the UK economy. MPs voted outright to reject a no-deal Brexit, paving the way for a vote on whether Theresa May will ask the EU to agree a delay to Brexit. The vote, which passed by 312 to 308 is non-binding on the government. It came in the form of an amendment to a government motion which, while also rejecting a no-deal exit on...

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13 Mar
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MEPs vote to limit negative impact of no-deal Brexit on citizens

To ensure the least possible disruption, MEPs on Wednesday vote on travel, transport, Erasmus, social security and fisheries measures. At the request of the European Parliament and the Council, the European Commission proposed urgency measures to mitigate the effects of a withdrawal of the UK from the EU without an agreement. These measures include legal safeguards for current Erasmus students and teachers in or from the UK to complete their ongoing learning activity abroad, continued funding of EU programmes building cross-border and cross-community...

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12 Mar
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Second defeat for the UK Prime Minister as MPs vote against the deal

By Mike Archer & Gavin Rice | FTI Consulting Eight weeks since the UK Parliament rejected the Government’s negotiated Brexit deal by a historic margin, they have once again voted down the agreement – although with a significantly reduced majority. The Prime Minister responded by declaring that the Government will agree time to debate and vote on motions relating to no deal and on extending Article 50. Despite the defeat, it remains entirely possible that the Government would seek to...

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12 Mar
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Second Brexit deal defeat throws UK politics into crisis

By Charlie Cooper Rejection by House of Commons leaves Theresa May’s strategy in tatters. MPs in Westminster dealt another heavy defeat to the Brexit deal agreed between the U.K. and the EU, voting against it by 391 to 242 — a majority of 149. It is the second time that the House of Commons has rejected the deal following the thumping 230-vote margin of defeat when Prime Minister Theresa May first called a ratification vote in January. The defeat leaves May's government in jeopardy...

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12 Mar
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May claims to secure last-minute changes to her Brexit deal

By Hilary McGann, CNN At the eleventh hour, Theresa May claims to have made a breakthrough in Brexit negotiations. During talks with the European Union in Strasbourg late Monday, the UK Prime Minister and Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay "secured legally binding changes" to "strengthen and improve" the UK's agreement on withdrawing from Europe, Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington told Parliament in a statement.   Those changes would not affect the terms of the withdrawal, but offer legal assurances to back it up.   European Commission...

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12 Mar
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Brexit and Competition Disputes

By Michael Byrne, Kate McKenna Uncertain ability to enforce UK court competition law judgments in Ireland Following Brexit, the UK will no longer enjoy the enforceability of judgments under the Brussels Regulation, under which a judgment of the courts of an EU Member State is recognised in all other Member States without any special procedure. Enforcement of non-EU judgments (which UK judgments will be, post Brexit) in an EU Member State...

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