#Europe Minister @LeoDochertyUK will address MPs & MEPs today in London, as part of the #UK - #EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly
The last one, in Brussels, saw tense exchanges about the Northern Ireland Protocol dispute. A govt trail makes no mention of that, rather...
The emphasis is on co-operation.
“A clear lesson from the last nine months has been that despite the challenges in our relationship, the UK and EU are effective allies where it matters most," Mr Docherty will say.
Support for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia have been...
"Stronger because it has been coordinated between us," the Europe Minister will add.
However he will raise the ongoing issue of a block on British access to the EU's flagship #Horizon research programme...
UK participation would be a "clear win-win" but Britain cannot "wait much longer" due to the "intolerable uncertainty" being caused.
We've heard those kinds of warnings before but others - outside govt - have backed the view that it may soon be better to opt for "Plan B"
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#Brexit was never about stepping away from our "proud and historic" role in Europe says minister @LeoDochertyUK as he starts his address to the #EU#UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly
The Europe Minister talks about combined efforts to sanction Russia as well as to support Sweden & Finland's accession to NATO
Docherty urges European countries to provide more weapons to Ukraine and move ahead with more sanctions against Russia
NEW: #EU’s chief #Brexit negotiator has urged the new #UK Prime Minister to ”engage” with talks on the #NorthernIreland Protocol.
@MarosSefcovic says this call has been made "for over a year."
"And it still stands – also vis-à-vis the incoming UK Prime Minister & government.”
The European Commission Vice President was speaking at the British-Irish Association Conference in Oxford.
He repeated the EU’s criticism of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, describing it as a “clear breach of international law” that is “extremely damaging to mutual trust.”
He also warned against further unilateral action – likely hinting at reports that frontrunner, Liz Truss, could trigger #Article16.
Such action may, he said, “Give the impression to many in the EU that the UK leadership is not that interested in cooperation with the EU.”