Decorations to commemorate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend have a number of anti-Brexit campaigners outraged at a perceived fanatical overshare of patriotism akin to that of Nazi Germany
In a column for Britain’s biggest-selling tabloid “The Sun,” Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg implored readers to write to him with legislation they would like to see abolished
Romania tops the list with 1.13 million applications for settled status in the UK
Some point out that the current situation in Czechia shows many symptoms that appeared before the British referendum
New TV station wants to “puncture the pomposity of elites”
Despite slight improvements in 2021, trade between Poland and the UK has still not returned to the levels of 2019, say Polish Economic Institute experts
The UK’s former poultry supply partners from the EU are losing their privileged positions in favor of other exporters, such as Ukraine
Britain and Hungary saw eye-to-eye on many issues, including immigration, sovereignty, and support for family values
Poles comprise the largest group out of the 5 million applications filed by citizens of authorized countries under the British EU Settlement Scheme
Both sides need reforms if the EU and Britain want to prosper
Great Britain has not seen such a drop in population since the Second World War as the country experiences its greatest economic crisis in 300 years
Scotland faces a number of challenges that could block both independence from Great Britain and any attempt to join the EU
The agreement is excellent news, says PM Babiš
Brussels bureaucrats should have learned from Brexit, but all signs show that they did not, Magyar Hírlap columnist Mariann Őry writes
The social and political consequences of coronavirus absurdities will continue to transform the political landscape, writes columnist Edyta Hołdyńska for portal wpolityce.pl
Economic interests and the struggle for political position are the background to the dispute over the rule-of-law conditionality mechanism, writes philosopher and political scientist Marek A. Cichocki
While Britain and the EU are still negotiating the post-Brexit agreement, hundreds of thousands of Poles have filed for permanent residence in the UK
The V4 cannot allow criminals to benefit from Brexit
Britain has finally said goodbye to the EU, but there is little hope EU authorities will learn any lessons from the breakup
The UK remains a key partner for the EU
Only 21 percent of Czechs would vote to leave the EU.
The writing is on the wall for the “millennial socialism” of Corbyn and Sanders
Klaus criticizes the EU but does not support a withdrawal
Still around 900,000 Pole live in the UK.
Brexit with deal or no deal is not good for Poland
“We will not be the ones to block it.”
More than a million Poles live in the UK
Czechia a UK ally throughout Brexit negotiations.
Polish trade interests guaranteed in new Brexit deal.
About 67 percent think Brexit will harm the Czech Republic.
Hungary is not among the countries particularly exposed to the drawbacks of an unregulated Brexit, Gergely Gulyás, Minister in charge of the Prime Minister’s office, said.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attended the V4 Prime Ministers’ summit in Bratislava. Merkel and the leaders of the Visegrad countries discussed migration, Brexit and the EU financial framework.
A no-deal Brexit is now more likely than ever before, and it’s seemingly impossible to find any middle ground. But that’s how politics and the media are these days, drama to the very last minute with a sudden happy ending.
Now it is much clearer what the next Brexit steps are. The Brits want to leave the EU with a deal, changing the Irish backstop in an already negotiated proposal. Meanwhile, more delays and Labour’s alternative plan that may have led to a new referendum were rejected by Parliament.
Ryszard Czarnecki believes that the UK will not be leaving the European Union until January 1st, 2020. “The negotiations will be extended for nine months,” claims the PiS MEP.
The United Kingdom is an important export destination not only in terms of direct but also indirect exports. Hard Brexit could have tainted the Czech economy by tens of billions of crowns and tens of thousands of jobs, especially in the automotive industry.
“The best Brexit scenario would be the one in which Britons would decide to remain in the European Union,” said PM Mateusz Morawiecki during the World Economic Forum in Davos. The PM also alluded to the words of Donald Tusk that the Brexit referendum was stupid and not agreed upon.
British citizens will most likely continue to have the same rights in the Czech Republic as they’re having now.
“Brexit is not insanity, it is the struggle for the soul of Great Britain,” argues professor Marek A. Cichocki. He explained how hard Brexit has become the problem of not only London, but also Berlin and Paris.
It was the worst defeat for any British government in history. Prime Minister Theresa May achieved something almost impossible, she angered Parliament, political parties and most of her nation at the same time. Yet, dogged attacks against the poor little May are quite unfair.
Former president Václav Klaus, a controversial figure for many, is widely associated with Czech economic transformation. However, he will most likely be remembered for something else, the divorce of Czechoslovakia, which was in historical context unbelievably quiet and dignified.
No Czech party will veto the speedy passage of a bill on the rights of Brits in the Czech Republic following a possible no-deal Brexit.
The British Empire of rationality has fallen. Witold M. Orłowski explains how the recent Brexit developments have ruined the UK’s image on the international arena.
Theresa May remains committed to the outcome of the referendum, even she personally was never a supporter of leaving the EU, Magyar Idők columnist Zoltán Kottász writes.
According to economist Lukáš Kovanda, the UK´s Brexit plan is basically dead. The probability of the so-called hard Brexit without any agreement has increased, and this is not good news for the Czech Republic and its economy.
Slovakia is preparing a pilot project in connection with Brexit which aims to attract its citizens from Britain back to their homeland.
While the position of France and Germany will be strengthened by the departure of the UK from the European Union, the Czech Republic will lose its frequent ally. According to a Czech diplomat who wishes to remain anonymous, the Czech Republic will have to deal with unusual partners such as the Scandinavians, the Baltic States and Portugal.
The Czech Minister of the Interior, Social Democrat Jan Hamacek, prepared a bill for a hard Brexit option based on requests of all Ministries. In a worst-case scenario, it is just three months away and part of the opposition also calls for a quick adoption of the so-called lex Brexit. The Czech government approved the bill and sent it to parliament.
During the last four years of administration under Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker, the EU has not only been unable to fix its problems, but has created new ones. Law and Justice MEP Zbigniew Kuźmiuk evaluates the main failures of the current Brussels leadership.
Former president Václav Klaus shared his opinion on the previous year in an interview with ParlamentniListy.cz. Giving Hungary as an example, Klaus said that both the Czech Republic and the EU need politicians with clear minds and opinions. He also criticized the European Union for its behavior towards the UK.
PM Mateusz Morawiecki met with British PM Theresa May to discuss the future of Poles living in the UK after Brexit. Morawiecki outlined that the main goals are to maintain a good partnership, and free trade with Great Britain.
Political scientist Alexander Tomský doesn’t believe that the European Union will exist in 2028 and will be swept away by the next crisis.
The day when the European Union leaders signed the Brexit deal is a gloomy Sunday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a short video posted on his Facebook page.
A record decrease in EU workers in the United Kingdom has been recorded, including many from Poland. The healthcare, nursing and production sectors have taken the biggest hit.
Boris Johnson, the UK’s former Foreign Secretary, is responsible for Theresa May’s current troubles, argues Jędrzej Bielecki. Referring to Johnson’s article in the “Daily Telegraph”, Bielecki outlines the tough dilemma with which the UK now finds itself.
The European Union is right when it claims that Great Britain cannot simultaneously participate in the single market, apply its own rules against third countries and create a couple of exceptions. Managing Brexit is not about punishing the Brits but the very basic principles of the European Union.
No one is holding the UK by force, but at the same time we’re constantly being reminded that now is an era of a hybrid warfare. And Brussels’ negotiators are trying to disrupt the British political scene.
The Sun depicts Donald Tusk and Emmanuel Macron as gangsters and dirty rats in front page news. TVP Info reminds us that former President Bronisław Komorowski praised Tusk’s nomination to European President, as “strengthening Poland’s position in Europe”.
Slovak institutions are preparing for the possibility of a hard Brexit in case of failed negotiations between Great Britain and the European Union.
Peter Pellegrini believes that while the time is short, there is no compromise on the issue of Brexit. Immigration and quotas were also discussed in Salzburg.
Czech PM believes that the next European elections will prove what the silent majority actually thinks about illegal migration.
The position of the United Kingdom and the European Union regarding Brexit are incompatible and it is very hard to reach a compromise. Because of the shortening time it is enough to fake an agreement rather than to actually make one, says Radovan Geist.
