26th May 2019


Blow for May as Brexit deal ruled legally 'unchanged'

The UK's attorney general ruled on Tuesday that the new overnight Brexit declaration agreed between UK prime minister Theresa May and EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker left the legal risk of the UK remaining in the customs union "unchanged." That verdict, on the highly-technical backstop document, will be a blow for May's chances of winning UK parliament approval for her Brexit deal at a vote on Tuesday night.

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Don't tell the Dutch - but Timmermans 'won'

The victory of the Dutch EU commissioner is news across the EU, yet the Netherlands is not allowed to publish the official result until Sunday evening.

EU says goodbye to May with 'respect'

EU leaders praised Theresa May's commitment to deliver an orderly Brexit - while they now brace themselves for an even more eurosceptic British prime minister.


This is a political crisis unprecedented in Austria since the war: the resignation of the vice-chancellor, firing of the interior minister, the mass resignation of FPO ministers, a snap election, and a no-confidence vote in the Austrian parliament on Monday.

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