The audio guide on what's changing for banking and payment services with the UK's exit from the European Union is online. Developed by ABI - Italian Banking Association and UICI - Italian Union of the Blind and Visually Impaired Onlus APS, in collaboration with the UICI National Spoken Book Center, the audio guide is conceived in simple and [...]
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What changes for money transfers, such as wire transfers and debits, to and from the UK? What about payments and withdrawals across the Channel? What are the consequences of the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union for the management of its investments and savings? The infographic 'Brexit, [...]
read more“In London, Italians, like all foreigners, will be“ more welcome than ever ”. This was assured by Shaun Bailey, the London mayoral candidate of the Conservative Party in the next municipal elections in an interview with the website of Esharelife, the English charity foundation founded and chaired by the Tuscan Maurizio Bragagni, CEO of Tratos UK, the multinational [...]
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(by Pasquale Preziosa) Who will defend the Europe of tomorrow? There is no answer to this question, none of the European countries has a precise idea and any innovative initiative triggers, in European countries, the spring of conservatism, creating stagnation of thought. According to the founding fathers, European countries will have to live together to avoid further disasters after two [...]
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According to what emerged during a meeting of the CDU parliamentary group in the Bundestag, Angela Merkel believes it is possible to extend the postponement of Brexit until the end of 2019 or at the latest at the beginning of 2020. The Chancellor reiterated the postponement is possible and that at the Extraordinary EU Brexit Summit scheduled for tomorrow will face [...]
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Brexit: here is the ABI guide with "questions and answers" to prepare bank customers for the UK's exit from the EU The UK's exit from the European Union, scheduled for midnight on 29 March, has been postponed by the European Council on 12 April, due to the continuing uncertainty caused by the lack of ratification by [...]
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Theresa May intends to propose to the municipalities a new Brexit agreement that will have to be approved before the European Council scheduled for next Thursday only if the agreement does not pass then the possible alternative is an extension of article 50 which, explains the Chancellor of the Hammond chessboard, will be voted on only if there is support [...]
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After the rejection by the House of Commons of the latest agreement between Theresa May and the European Union, the EU has made it known that there will no longer be negotiations with London on the terms of the "divorce", increasing the risk of a harmful " no-deal ”Brexit. Michel Barn, principal parliamentarian of the coalition and spokesperson for Brexit, after the vote of [...]
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According to reports from "Reuters", Britain and the United States agreed on Monday a long-term pact to ensure that the $ 2 trillion a day transatlantic market in derivatives - complex financial instruments that - are not interrupted by any kind. of Brexit. Christopher Giancarlo, President of the Commission for [...]
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A second Brexit referendum seems increasingly likely, German Justice Minister Katarina Barley told Swedish broadcaster SWR on Tuesday, hours before British lawmakers discuss and vote on the next steps for Brexit after previously rejecting the Prime's plan. Minister. A delay in the release date of 29 [...]
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The British Security Service (MI5) has over 700 officers - over 20% of its entire force - stationed in Northern Ireland, due to fears that the Brexit process could reignite the historic conflict. In 1922, the nationalist rebels managed to remove Ireland from the British Empire. But six counties in the north of Ireland [...]
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After the yes of yesterday's council of ministers meeting to vote on the draft Brexit agreement reached by May with the European authorities, four members have resigned, seriously risking the political future of Theresa May and of the whole United Kingdom. Dominic Raab, Brexit Minister, UK chief negotiator in [...]
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The judgment of Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, on Theresa May, who launches a dramatic appeal for a second referendum on Brexit, points the finger at the London premier, stating that Theresa May does not have "the mandate to gamble so blatantly with the British economy and people's lives ”. In an article published [...]
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Aiming to build a new business relationship with Africa's largest economy, British Prime Minister Theresa May called on Nigeria to leverage the City of London's financial expertise. With Great Britain ready to leave the European Union next March, May will participate in a tour of Africa in the hope of strengthening [...]
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Relations between the EU and the UK hit a new all-time low last week. The reason the European Council declined to comment is claims that British spy agencies spied on Brexit negotiators in Brussels. Consultations between the two sides have progressed to [...]
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Trump complimented this week when Boris Johnson, the foreign minister, resigned because he was opposed to soft Brexit. A statement that Downing Street had not liked that the British tabloids had punctually revived and fed to the public opinion. A story that was undermining the meeting with Theresa May. Trump how often we [...]
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Today the news came that the American ambassador, Woody Johnson, launched the idea of a free trade area between Great Britain and the USA. An issue that will be addressed directly by President Donald Trump, expected in London next Friday. The American announcement took place on one of the most difficult days for the British government since they resigned, the one [...]
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29 March 2019 - 23 pm, a precise date and time when the United Kingdom will definitively leave the European Union. In fact, on 00 March 29 the United Kingdom, through a letter signed by Prime Minister May addressed to the European Council, asked for the activation of Article 2017 of the Lisbon Treaty for the first time in the history of the EU. [...]
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Donald Tusk reported that EU leaders formally adopted the joint stance on future trade relations with Britain after the country's exit from the bloc. An agreement has also been reached on the 21-month limited transition period to help businesses adapt after Brexit which will start in March [...]
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The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, on the occasion of the presentation of the EU guidelines in Luxembourg on the Brexit issue, stressed that the intent is not to build a wall between the EU and Great Britain, but that London is a close friend and partner of the EU. Given the UK's "red lines", Brexit will bring [...]
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Kerry Brown, professor of Chinese studies and director of the Lau China Institute at King's College London, said that Brexit, with a "liberating effect" on Britain, could create an opportunity to strengthen ties between China and Britain and potentially give rise to a new partnership. According to the professor, the official visit in [...]
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According to what emerged from the previews of an interview by French President Emmanuel Macron to the BBC, an interview that will be broadcast on Sunday, the French president would have said that a special agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union would be very possible "but this special route must be compatible with the protection of the single market and [...]
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Twenty British MEPs told Prime Minister Theresa May that the UK remain within the single market and the European customs union. The group includes three Conservative MEPs and the majority of Labor MEPs in Brussels. In their open letter, the 20 MEPs argue that with the exit from the single market, Great Britain would see [...]
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The President of the Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, on the occasion of the second day of work of the European Council, said that a possible backtrack on Brexit "depends on the British Parliament and on British citizens", and that it is not, therefore, for the Europeans decide what the British should do. The President of the Commission explained that in the first phase [...]
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The heads of state and government will meet tomorrow in Brussels to discuss European defense, Brexit and immigration: this will be the focus of tomorrow's summit. The summit will open with a discussion on cooperation with NATO, in which the general secretary, Jens Stoltenberg was also invited to take part, reconfirmed this [...]
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According to the Nova agency, the trade delegations of Seoul and London will meet tomorrow to start negotiations aimed at the adoption of a bilateral free trade agreement, in view of the abandonment of the European Union by the United Kingdom (Brexit ). This was announced by the South Korean Ministry of Commerce today. South Korea [...]
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Finally, here is the agreement that will allow us to unlock the longed-for 'phase two' in the Brexit negotiations. A new lightning-fast trip to Brussels by Prime Minister Theresa May was needed, but London and the European Commission signed at dawn a text that Brussels considers "sufficient progress" to start discussing future relations. Even if now the hard part begins, [...]
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If London wants to remain in the single market and in the Customs Union for another two years from the start of Brexit, in March 2019, it will have to respect a series of conditions: compliance with all European legislation including new measures, compliance with the financial commitments that implies transitional stay, European legal supervision and all obligations to [...]
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A series of polls published and commented on yesterday by the newspaper "The Financial Times" highlight some aspects concerning "the divorce of Great Britain" from Europe: the majority of British voters continue to think that Brexit was the right decision to take . The favorable percentage, in fact, has remained stable over time. However, the [...]
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With the Brexit divorce bill established at around € 50 billion, the stock markets react cautiously as the pound starts to fly. In England, however, dissensions begin against Theresa May's Tory government, which is destined to come under fire from both pro-EU and Eurosceptics. Among the first is [...]
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A spokesperson for the European Commission said that it will be difficult to find an agreement on the next European budget, both in the face of new challenges to be faced, such as migrant management and security, and due to the absence of the United Kingdom which will negatively affect the balance. The executive, in view of the new proposal on the multi-annual budget [...]
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Great Britain's hopes of reaching an agreement with the European Union on post-Brexit are lengthening: the conservative newspaper "The Telegraph" writes, which has come into possession of a confidential document from the European Commission on the future status of the border of Northern Ireland. The memorandum, according to the newspaper, would have been prepared by the Republic [...]
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Great Britain will leave the European Union on Friday 29 March 2019, at 23pm Greenwich Mean Time (Brussels midnight). This was made official by Premier Theresa May, who today in an intervention in the Daily Telegraph states, among other things, that she "does not intend to tolerate" any attempt to block the exit from the European Union, as expressed by the popular will in [...]
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Jill Morris, the first woman to hold the post of British Ambassador to Italy and San Marino, in a speech on Brexit declares: "We do not want only to be a good neighbor, but the best friend of the EU" and still "we remain European, without denying our identity ". The line on Brexit, says the ambassador, is clear and soon there will be [...]
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The two days of the summit were productive. The 27 were united in reiterating the need to address the appointments of the coming months with a univocal approach on the crucial issues of international politics, Brexit and immigration. And even if in the background there is the difficult situation of Catalonia, with the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy supported by [...]
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Theresa May seeks help trying to unblock the Brexit negotiation and, in the same hours as she flies to Brussels to deal personally with the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, she hears both Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron on the phone. The conversation with the German Chancellor took place yesterday afternoon. The one with the [...]
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According to the Financial Times, the proposal formulated a week ago in Florence by Theres May, which asked for a two-year post-Brexit transition period, was rejected by Germany and France, who ask to clarify the conditions of the divorce first. In Florence, Angela Merkel and Theresa May seemed to have found [...]
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The former premier Enrico Letta speaking to the students during the II Edition of the Summer School, directed by Marco Meloni and underway in Cesenatico, expressed his opinion on the Brexit issue. "We will deeply discuss this issue, which is rarely talked about, but my personal assessment is that the risk of the exit of Great Britain [...]
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Six out of ten Britons want to keep EU citizenship, in addition to that of the United Kingdom, even after Brexit, so their right to stay, work, study and travel in the countries of the European Union, emerges from a survey by the London School of Economics of which the Observer reports. Many of them are also willing to pay [...]
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The European Union must recognize the problems of the EU budget funding deficit due to the UK withdrawal and the need for new financial priorities. The conception of the future EU budget must be based on a clear vision of Europe's priorities and on the determination to invest in the sectors that will ensure its economic power, durability, […]
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Brexit secretary David Davis, interviewed by the BBC, said Prime Minister Theresa May will offer EU citizens residing in the UK the same rights as the British. Davis in fact declared: "EU citizens will have the same rights as residents, same rights at work, health, welfare, pensions and so [...]
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