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Negotiator: UK Is Prepared for "No Deal" Brexit Scenario
August 01, 2017
Reuters reports that, as the June general election in the UK approached, the country's Brexit Secretary David Davis made clear in an interview that Britain is prepared to leave the EU without a deal rather than accept a "bad deal" continuing to tie the country to the bloc.
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British PM: Offset Brexit Bill with EU Debts
August 01, 2017
The Sunday Telegraph reports that, in the lead-up to the recent UK general election, Prime Minister Theresa May asserted that any "divorce" payment demanded by EU officials in Brexit negotiations must yield to the UK's own financial "rights," including the country's share in the European Investment Bank and other projects, upon its departure from the bloc.
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US President Predicts "Big & Exciting" Trade Deal with UK
August 01, 2017
As US and UK trade representatives met in Washington, DC, to discuss a potential trade deal between the two countries after the conclusion of Brexit, US President Donald Trump predicted the deal “could be very big & exciting” and criticized the "protectionist" EU.
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ECJ Official Supports Basis of EU Migrant Sharing Plan
August 01, 2017
The New York Times reports that Advocate General for the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) Yves Bot has advised the ECJ to dismiss actions brought by Hungary and Slovakia against the EU’s 2015 migrant sharing plan, finding that the scheme was a "proportionate means" of dealing with the bloc's migration crisis.
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EU Assesses Remedies in Collective Redress Actions
August 01, 2017
The European Commission has announced that it is assessing the effectiveness of the implementation by EU member states of a 2013 recommendation that sought to harmonize the collective redress policies of member states in cases where EU rights were allegedly violated.
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