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  • 1 day ago | telegraph.co.uk | James Crisp |Joe Barnes

    Mike Cohen, the chief executive of the National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations, said: "Clearly the EU values fishing highly enough to negotiate hard for it, and clearly the UK does not feel the same."Much of the fish caught by British fishermen in UK waters is sold to the EU, which will become easier and the likely deal was welcomed by British exporters and retailers.

  • 2 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Joe Barnes |James Crisp |Hans van Leeuwen

    EU capitals had been pushing to secure fishing rights for "as long as possible", a diplomatic source told The Telegraph. A second source said a landing zone had emerged that would grant European vessels access to British waters for at least four years. British officials did not dispute the claims being made in Brussels. "No final agreement has been made.

  • 5 days ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Joe Barnes

    Starmer and European leaders to visit Ukraine in challenge to PutinSir Keir Starmer takes part in a Joint Expeditionary Force leaders’ summit in Oslo watched by Volodymyr Zelensky via video link - Lise Aserud/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockSir Keir Starmer and European leaders will ramp up pressure on Vladimir Putin to agree to a ceasefire in an unprecedented joint visit to Ukraine on Saturday.

  • 6 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Joe Barnes

    The rearmament scheme will raise at least €150billion through the EU's budget to buy weapons from manufacturers in participating countries. The Government wants to join the fund to enable British arms firms, such as BAE Systems, to bid and win contracts from it. Brussels would likely use Britain's implementation of the new defence pact as a bargaining chip for any involvement in Safe.

  • 6 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | Joe Barnes

    "The UK will consider its participation in the EU CSDP civilian missions and military operations and missions, upon the invitation of the EU," the defence deal states on potential troop deployments. The EU has undertaken more than 40 overseas military and civilian missions under the European Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) banner. They include a training mission in the Central African Republic and Somalia, as well as a peacekeeping deployment in Bosnia.

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Joe Barnes
Joe Barnes @Barnes_Joe
11 May 25

Does this mean Zelensky will miss the European Political Community meeting the next day as he waits in an Istanbul cafe to he stood up by Putin?

Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa

We await a full and lasting ceasefire, starting from tomorrow, to provide the necessary basis for diplomacy. There is no point in prolonging the killings. And I will be waiting for Putin in Türkiye on Thursday. Personally. I hope that this time the Russians will not look for

Joe Barnes
Joe Barnes @Barnes_Joe
9 May 25

Zelensky told JEF leaders he's preparing for a meeting of Coalition of the Willing. 'Serious work ahead,' he said. We need this Coalition – and we need it to be strong enough to guarantee security the way we all agree on.' Meeting appears set for tomorrow, according to Zelensky.

Joe Barnes
Joe Barnes @Barnes_Joe
9 May 25

The Telegraph has seen a leaked version of the EU-UK defence and security pact. It calls for UK troops to join EU military deployments. Signing up to the deal is a prerequisite for joining the EU’s €150bn SAFE rearmament scheme. https://t.co/SS6PCKL1I0