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MSP brands Brexit an 'unmitigated disaster' that cost Lanarkshire equivalent of £266m

Neil Gray highlights HMRC figures showing Scottish exports have fallen to £2.2bn since the UK left the European Union.

Daily Record · Nov 29, 2022

EU inches towards deal on Russian oil price cap this week

European Union countries are inching towards a deal this week on a price cap on Russian oil, a way to adjust the cap in future, and on linking it to a package of new sanctions against Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, diplomats said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Nov 29, 2022

Macron goes to Washington: Will brewing transatlantic trade row sour state visit?

It's a state visit that's also a chance to gauge superpower status. French President Emmanuel Macron heads to Washington at a time when Europeans are wondering aloud if Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has not made the EU even more dependent on the United States. Arming the Ukrainians has shown…

France 24 · Nov 29, 2022

German president presses N Macedonia on EU-required reforms

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has urged North Macedonia to acknowledge the presence of an ethnic Bulgarian minority in the country, amid other actions required to speed up its European Union accession process

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022

New EU fingerprint checks could make leaving the UK ‘four times longer’ for Brits

The European Union's new Entry Exit System could see much longer queues at UK ports including Dover and St Pancras International, Folkestone and Dover when it comes into force next year

Daily Mirror · Nov 29, 2022

Most UK businesses think ‘Brexit freedoms’ not a priority, survey finds

Study by British Chambers of Commerce reveals flagship bill to purge EU laws is low priority for firms

The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2022

Big polluters given almost €100bn in free carbon permits by EU

Free allowances ‘in direct contradiction with the polluter pays principle’, WWF report says

The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2022

‘We were shocked by Brexit’: how podcast The Europeans hit a nerve

Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer set out to help make Europe less boring. A million downloads later, they feel optimistic

The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2022

On US state visit, Macron to draw the line on American protectionism

President Emmanuel Macron begins his three-day state visit to the US on Wednesday bolstered by shared bilateral visions on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific. But President Joe Biden’s latest Inflation Reduction Act has alarmed the EU, and the French leader will have to stake a…

France 24 · Nov 29, 2022

Martin Lewis reveals he was sent death threats over Brexit leaflets

MONEY Saving Expert founder, Martin Lewis said he received death threats after he was used on pro-remain leaflets in 2016.

The National (Scotland) · Nov 29, 2022