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European leaders to sign post-Brexit trade deal as British MPs face express debate By David Coffey with RFI LISTEN REUTERS - HENRY NICHOLLS The UK and European Union will sign a mammoth trade pact this Wednesday to put their seal on a long drawn-out Brexit divorce before parting ways definitively at the dawn of 2021. EU chiefs Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel will ink the 1,246-page Trade and Cooperation Agreement at 0830 GMT, officials in Brussels said, days after it was clinched on Christmas Eve following months of hard-fought talks. The hefty document will then be flown by the Roy...

Those who vote against the Brexit trade deal are voting for a no-deal Brexit, the Northern Ireland Secretary has said. As DUP MP Sammy Wilson railed against the deal in the House of Commons, describing his party as “disappointed Brexiteers”, Brandon Lewis described his party’s position as “a bit short-sighted”. The House of Commons was recalled on Wednesday to ratify the deal before the end of the year. Prime Minister Boris Johnson during the House of Commons debate on the EU (Future Relationship) Bill (PA) The EU (Future Relationship) Bill is expected to pass comfortably in both th...

Among its findings, the report concluded that an agreed deal in place is better than no deal and welcomed the agreement being reached in "challenging circumstances". However, it also warned that the agreement does not preserve current trading arrangements and said it is "critical" that the Government is clear in its communications to businesses, traders and communities about the terms of the deal and its implications. MPs on the Committee also urged both the UK and the EU to proceed with implementation and to establish the new institutional arrangements set out under the Agreement. They also ...

Boris Johnson has pledged the UK will be a "friendly neighbour" to the EU as he said the country is opening a "new chapter" in…

UK lawmakers pass Brexit deal with ample majority 1 minute read London, Dec 30 (efe-epa).- Members of the United Kingdom’s Parliament on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of the government’s post-Brexit deal with the European Union. Following a fast-tracked debate, a total of 521 lawmakers in the House of Commons, the majority of whom took part remotely, voted to write the EU (Future Relationship) into UK law just a day before the Brexit transition period is due to come to a close. Only 73 MPs, the majority from pro-EU parties, voted against the bill, which now heads for scrutiny ...