Tag: European Court of Justice

Aa Aa EU court advisor rules that UK can end Brexit unilaterally The European Court of Justice's advocate general, Manuel Campos Sanchez-Bordona, has ruled that the UK should have the option to cancel its withdrawal from the bloc unilaterally. The legal opinion of Europe's top court official comes just days before the Parliament are set to debate the Brexit deal. Protests continue in France French President Macron is under increasing pressure as protests continue throughout France. The "yellow vest" movement was sparked by hiked fuel prices, which French Prime Minister Philippe suspended for a period of six months on Tuesday. Danish plan to send foreign criminals to deserted island Denmark is planning on sending convicted asylum seekers to a deserted island off the country's coast. The policy is part of the Danish People's Party (DPP) and governments draft budget agreement. Other topics discussed in this episode include COP24 with guests including Friends of Europe's Director of Strategy, Dharmendra Kanani, and The Sunday Times' EU correspondent Andrew Byrne.

The government has applied for permission to appeal against a ruling by the Scottish courts that the question of whether the UK can reverse the clause should be referred to the European court of justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg. A date has been set for 27 November for an emergency hearing by ECJ judges of an application brought by a cross-party group of six Scottish MPs, MEPs and MSPs, along with Jolyon Maugham QC, the director of the Good Law Project. Today’s ruling shows the triggering of article 50 can be reversed | Jolyon Maugham Read more The attempt to divert the European legal process has been initiated by lawyers for the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU). The supreme court has confirmed that three of its justices: its president, Lady Hale, the deputy president, Lord Reed, and Lord Hodge , will form the decision panel. The court said in a statement: “The court is aware of the urgency of this matter.” No date has yet been set. The supreme court last considered the terms of article 50 in December 2016 when it examined whether the government alone or parliament had the authority to initiate the UK’s exit from the EU. Legal action to revoke article 50 referred to European court of justice Read more That four-day hearing was held in a state of high political tension, after judges in the high court who had earlier considered the case had notoriously been labelled “Enemies of the People”. It is due to expire on 29 March 2019 . The question the Scottish petitioners had asked is “whether, when and how” the article 50 notification “can unilaterally be revoked” by the UK. Maugham said: “It’s a remarkable thing for a government that asserted to Scotland’s highest court that there was no power for the supreme court to hear this case, then to ask the supreme court to do so.

In his letter resigning as foreign secretary, he said the prime minister was leading the UK into a "semi-Brexit" with the "status of a colony". His resignation came hours after Brexit Secretary David Davis quit the cabinet. She said the deal agreed by the cabinet after their "productive discussions" at Chequers would "honour the result of the referendum" and allow the UK to "take back control of our borders, our law and our money". Boris Johnson's resignation letter in full The PM's response to Johnson In her letter accepting his resignation, the prime minister said she had allowed cabinet ministers "considerable latitude to express their individual views" on Brexit. The UK is due to leave the European Union on 29 March 2019, but the two sides have yet to agree how trade will work between the UK and the EU afterwards. Mrs May only has a majority in Parliament with the support of the 10 MPs from Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, so any split raises questions about whether her plan could survive a Commons vote. Theresa May is sticking by her Brexit plan Speaking in a boisterous House of Commons, Mrs May defended the Brexit plan agreed on Friday, which would see the UK agreeing a "common rulebook" with the EU for trading in goods, but not services, after Brexit. Report Brussels fears UK turmoil may lead to no-deal Brexit What does it all mean for Brexit? One other element of Friday's agreement worth noting is that it pledged to speed up preparations for the UK to be ready to leave the EU without a Brexit deal in March next year. He backed Mr Johnson, saying the former foreign secretary had the chance to "save Brexit" by moving against the prime minister.

Alongside a dispute on Twitter with the radio journalist Iain Dale, the first minister issued a detailed and categorical denial of the claims, insisting a decision to use the lion rampant rather than the union jack on royal occasions was taken eight years ago, and she had no part in it. (@IainDale) This rather flies in the face of what @Nicolasturgeon is denying in tweets 2 me this morning. As I say, happy to correct if wrong, but this seems to prove the @Telegraph story is bang on. Or is @NicolaSturgeon denying responsibility for a document issued in her government's name? https://t.co/KQ5OiQx4Yo (@NicolaSturgeon) 1/ since the truth doesn’t seem to matter very much to some, let me set out the facts on this ridiculous flag story... Sturgeon’s officials said this had only been spotted this month because civil servants very belatedly updated the Scottish government’s website to reflect a policy change from 2010. He also insisted it had royal approval: I changed the policy on flag flying back in 2010 after an audience with Her Majesty the Queen at Balmoral the previous year... [I] remember the occasion very well. These sources believe the DUP and Sinn Fein are now so far apart on issues such as the latter’s demand for an Irish Language Act that the gap cannot be bridged ... at least in the three week deadline imposed by Secretary of State Karen Bradley. One source in the SDLP said Sinn Fein was now more focussed on building its national profile and promoting its new leader in waiting, Mary Lou McDonald, in the Irish Republic where the party is preparing for a possible general election later in 2018. Conversely, an Alliance source said most of the parties who will be involved in the talks at Stormont today are already on “an election footing” as they expect the negotiations to fail, and subsequently Karen Bradley will legislate for a new election to a fresh Assembly.