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Posts Tagged: European Commission

David Gauke: I’m a convinced Remainer – but believe nonetheless that the EU has mishandled its vaccine policy

All the same, we have to make this relationship work – because, if we do not, both sides have the capacity to do each other a lot of harm.

By David Gauke | 27 March 2021

Iain Dale: People will die as a result of the EU’s Covid games. But don’t expect the media to criticise Saint Macron.

The British government has been commendably muted on the behaviour of von der Leyen and other politicians.

By Iain Dale | 19 March 2021

Stephen Booth: The challenges awaiting Lord Frost, who will take charge of Europe policy, and joins the Cabinet on Monday

One would suspect that the Government’s primary objective will be to stabilise and bed down the new relationship with Brussels.

By Stephen Booth | 25 February 2021

Sammy Wilson: The Northern Ireland Protocol should be replaced, not repaired

The proposal put forward by the Centre for Brexit Policy meets the EU demand for protection of its Single Market while also protecting the province.

By Sammy Wilson MP | 8 February 2021 | 113 comments

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Johnson the statesman is working for open borders by sea and land

Johnson the politician laid an ambush for Starmer, inducing him to deny ever having wanted Britain to stay in the European Medicines Agency.

By Andrew Gimson | 3 February 2021 | 17 comments

WATCH: Irish PM “would like to dial down the tone and work collegiality”

Martin says “the Commission took the wrong mechanism in invoking Article 16 and the Protocol to deal with it”.

31 January 2021 | 13 comments

WATCH: Blair joins criticism of “very foolish” European Commission

The former Prime Minister adds that it was “unacceptable” to have undermined the Good Friday Agreement.

31 January 2021 | 109 comments

Vaccine strategies in Europe. France battles anti-vaxxers, while Merkel is blamed for procurement failures.

Both countries have had difficulties accelerating the speed at which they vaccinate. So what factors have been to blame?

By Charlotte Gill | 7 January 2021 | 12 comments

Johnson’s Brexit journalism and Brexit politics are of a piece: in both he thrives by infuriating the Establishment

Whether writing, speaking or negotiating, he puts on a performance which the spectators enjoy all the more because it horrifies the guardians of convention.

By Andrew Gimson | 16 December 2020 | 66 comments

When does the talking stop being talks?

Even the cut-off point of the end of transition, and the arrival of No Deal, won’t necessarily halt the negotiation.

By Paul Goodman | 10 December 2020 | 135 comments

Ed McGuinness: A lesson for democracy in Europe from an abandoned airport in Cyprus

The EU is caught between making more effective decisions and compromising its smaller members’ interests.

By Ed McGuinness | 13 October 2020 | 23 comments

Ian Howells: Hybrids are the key to delivering the Government’s climate transport goals in the UK

The UK can and should achieve its ambitious emissions reductions targets. But it will only get there by making the most of all energy sources and technologies.

By Ian Howells | 13 October 2020 | 25 comments

Bill Cash: We would be within our rights to override the Withdrawal Agreement. And in any event, the EU itself is a law-breaker.

Look, too, at the track record of EU Member States. In 2020, Germany’s highest court ruled on subordinating EU law to German law. The EU took no action.

By Sir William Cash | 21 September 2020 | 191 comments

Stephen Booth: Why the row about the Northern Ireland Protocol suggests that the EU’s position isn’t quite as strong as it likes to think

How plausible is it that the UK would zealously enforce EU rules in a scenario in which trade agreement talks have broken down acrimoniously?

By Stephen Booth | 17 September 2020 | 202 comments

Six months on from last year’s general election, it’s only the LibDems who bang on about Europe

The CBI supports the Government’s timetable and Starmer is keeping his head down. It is quite the turnaround.

By Paul Goodman | 18 June 2020 | 240 comments

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