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Northern Irelands Brexit balancing act Cross-party condemnation Politicians from all parties in Northern Irelands power-sharing government slammed the apparent intimidation campaign. In a joint statement, they said: "the Executive is united in condemning any threats made against workers and staff going about their duties at Belfast and Larne ports." "There is no place in society for intimidation and threats against anyone going to their place of work," they said. A spokesperson for UK Prime Min...

The EU’s chief diplomat, Josep Borrell, insisted on Monday (25 January) that the EU and UK would resolve a diplomatic row over the status of the bloc’s ambassador to London, though he warned that the UK’s intransigence was “not a friendly signal”.

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‘Our man in Brussels, Sir Tim Barrow, was previously UK ambassador in Moscow and he is unlikely to take kindly to having his own status downgraded, which is the obvious reciprocal action the EU can take.’ Photograph: Yves Herman/AP Of all people in government Boris Johnson should be first to recognise the status of European Union representatives. His father, Stanley, was a European commission official for many years and the European taxpay...

21 January 2021 The Foreign Secretary has appointed Mr Lindsay Croisdale-Appleby CMG as Head of the United Kingdom Mission (UKMis) to the European Union in succession to Sir Tim Barrow GCMG LVO MBE, who is transferring to another Diplomatic Service role. This has been duly notified to the European Union as part of the normal process. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said: As we begin a new chapter in our relationship with the EU, I am delighted to appoint Lindsay as head of UKMis. His previous kn...

UK plans to downgrade EU ambassadors status Britain insists the role be treated as the representative of an international organisation rather than a country Ambassador of the European Union to the United Kingdom Joao Vale de Almeida Credit: Thierry Monasse/andia.fr Britain plans to downgrade the status of the European Union’s first ambassador to the UK after Brexit because it believes the EU should be treated as an international organisation rather than a country. The Government has rejected...

“His previous knowledge and expertise will be vital as our friendly cooperation with the EU continues.” Croisdale-Appleby said he was “delighted” to take up the role “following the agreement of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement at the end of last year”. The role was created last year, after the UK left the EU on 31 January. Stay up to date:

Joao Vale de Almeida is the EU’s first ambassador to the UK but has not been give the same status as diplomats sent by foreign governments.

On December 31, just a few hours before Britain definitively exited the European Union, Spain and the United Kingdom, along with Gibraltarian representatives included in the British delegation, reached a preliminary agreement that will change relations between the British Overseas Territory and Spain more significantly than any other event of the past 300 years. Gibraltar, which sits at the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula, was ceded to Britain in 1713 during the War of Spanish Succession,...

September 20, 1988: Mrs Thatcher makes her famous speech at the College of Europe in Bruges in the first clear sign of frustration at the idea of a federal superpower. November 28, 1990: Mrs Thatcher is ousted from power amid Tory Party splits over Europe and is replaced by Johns Major. September 16, 1992: Black Wednesday sees interest rates rocket to 15 percent and the devalued pound is forced out of the ERM, the system intended to stabilise currency values ahead of European monetary union. No...