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Posts Tagged: Ursula von der Leyen

Macron and others played politics with AstraZeneca. The consequences for many EU citizens are fatal.

Some leaders realise the seriousness of the problem. Merkel’s spokesman has pleaded with Germans to take the “safe and highly effective” jab.

By Charlotte Gill | 24 February 2021

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

Instead of EU vaccine nationalism, let’s have UK vaccine internationalism

As Johnson put it yesterday: “we can’t think of this just as a project for us and us alone”.

By Paul Goodman | 1 February 2021 | 96 comments

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Johnson beams like a schoolboy who has got his hands on an enormous cake

Like his most witty and nimble predecessor, Disraeli, Johnson finds that a majority is always better than the best repartee.

By Andrew Gimson | 30 December 2020 | 11 comments

David Lidington: We have left the EU and there is no turning back. Here’s what our new relationship with Europe should look like.

Above all, we need to focus on the strategic picture. Throughout the world democracy, human rights and the rule of law are under pressure.

By David Lidington | 29 December 2020 | 16 comments

WATCH: “It was a long and winding road, but we have got a good deal to show for it” – Von der Leyen

“It is fair, it is a balanced deal and it is the right and responsible thing to do”, says the President of the European Commission.

24 December 2020 | 21 comments

Roderick Crawford: Brexit and trade. What we are and aren’t committed to in order to help bring about a level playing field

The Political Declaration approves non-regression but not dynamic alignment – elements of which the EU has backed off from.

By Roderick Crawford | 17 December 2020 | 20 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

WATCH: Von der Leyen says that the Brexit talks are to continue

The EU and UK negotiators have been mandated to “go the extra mile” to see if a Brexit deal can be found, she says, after a phone call with Johnson.

13 December 2020 | 87 comments

“Frank discussion.” The Prime Minister’s statement on yesterday evening’s Brexit trade negotiation summit.

“A firm decision should be taken about the future of the talks by Sunday.” There is no joint statement.

10 December 2020 | 81 comments

Johnson to fly to Brussels. Triumph, sellout, last-ditch gamble – or simply showing willing before talks collapse?

The commonsense presumption must be that he wouldn’t be going at all were a deal not at least possible.

By Paul Goodman | 8 December 2020 | 141 comments

Stephen Booth: Agreeing to disagree on the trickiest parts of the UK-EU deal may be the best way forward. For now.

Creating temporary arrangements around fishing and other areas may not be ideal, but it is a better option than the prospect of no deal.

By Stephen Booth | 26 November 2020 | 169 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

Stephen Booth: While UK-EU talks gather momentum, Britain should continue to diversify its trading relationships.

Deals with the US, Japan, Australia and New Zealand will prepare the country for future EU-related bumps in the road.

By Stephen Booth | 25 June 2020 | 102 comments

Roderick Crawford: Brexit and trade. Here’s a grand bargain to open the way to a final agreement.

Specific governance arrangements can be established in individual areas, and an agreement should sit outside the overarching institutional framework.

By Roderick Crawford | 15 June 2020 | 84 comments

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