Brussels may allow Britain more time in sausage wars

Brussels may allow Britain more time in sausage wars: EU vows to consider our request for meat sales to continue in Northern Ireland for another three months EU said it would assess the UK’s call to extend grace period on chilled meat sales A No 10 spokesman said the extension would ‘allow movements to continue’  … Read more

Lord Frost heads for Brussels in bid to break NI protocol deadlock

Lord Frost heads for Brussels in desperate bid to break deadlock on post-Brexit rules for Northern Ireland amid fears over rising sectarian tensions and violence Lord Frost will go to Brussels tomorrow for talks on Northern Ireland protocol  Post-Brexit rules have been blamed for flaring sectarian tensions in the province Lord Frost to meet European … Read more

Pfizer says Brussels red tape is a ‘significant burden’ on the vaccine supply chain

Pfizer has slammed the extended powers allowing the EU to block exports of its vaccines and claims the move has ’caused a significant administrative burden’ to the rollout of the vaccine. The drug company’s vice-president for global supply, Danny Hendrikse, described how the EU’s export controls, which were introduced in February, had affected the production of its vaccine … Read more

Pfizer says Brussels red tape is a ‘significant burden’ on the vaccine supply chain

Pfizer has slammed the extended powers allowing the EU to block exports of its vaccines and claims the move has ’caused a significant administrative burden’ to the rollout of the vaccine. The drug company’s vice-president for global supply, Danny Hendrikse, described how the EU’s export controls, which were introduced in February, had affected the production of its vaccine … Read more

Brussels in dramatic climbdown as officials offer to work with UK to find ‘win-win’

Brussels stepped back from the brink of a vaccine war with Britain last night following a furious backlash by member states. In an apparent climbdown, the European Commission agreed a joint statement with the UK offering to work to find a ‘win-win’ solution to the row. The statement came at the end of a day … Read more

Brussels in dramatic climbdown as officials offer to work with UK to find ‘win-win’

Brussels stepped back from the brink of a vaccine war with Britain last night following a furious backlash by member states. In an apparent climbdown, the European Commission agreed a joint statement with the UK offering to work to find a ‘win-win’ solution to the row. The statement came at the end of a day … Read more

How Brussels has launched a spiteful war on our glorious snowdrops and rhododendrons

This should be peak season for Joe Sharman, a man known as ‘Mr Snowdrop’ and one of the biggest growers in the country. Woodlands and front gardens are now dotted with the shimmering white flowers that the poet Wordsworth called the ‘venturous harbinger of spring’. Mr Sharman, whose customers include the Queen, sells thousands of … Read more

How Brussels has launched a spiteful war on our glorious snowdrops and rhododendrons

This should be peak season for Joe Sharman, a man known as ‘Mr Snowdrop’ and one of the biggest growers in the country. Woodlands and front gardens are now dotted with the shimmering white flowers that the poet Wordsworth called the ‘venturous harbinger of spring’. Mr Sharman, whose customers include the Queen, sells thousands of … Read more

Britain threatens EU with ‘Water Wars’ as it fires warning shot to Brussels

Britain threatens EU with ‘Water Wars’ that could see European bottled mineral water banned from UK in tit-for-tat retaliation over shellfish ban Government ministers said to be discussing measures to restrict various imports These look set to include European mineral water as well as seed potatoes It comes amid tensions after Brussels refused to end its … Read more