Jon Stone

1 week ago | politico.eu | Jon Stone

LONDON — It used to be one of the iron laws of Brexit. Not anymore. The EU has officially retired its “no cherry-picking” line in dealings with the U.K. — after nearly a decade of using it to torment British prime ministers. The phrase — a favorite of Brussels’ hardball negotiator Michel Barnier — cast the bloc’s single market as an indivisible monolith.

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Jon Stone |Nicholas Vinocur |Camille Gijs |Sophie Inge

LONDRES — La Grande-Bretagne et l’Union européenne ont conclu lundi un nouveau pacte de défense et de sécurité, dans le cadre d’un vaste “reset” (“réinitialisation” en français) des relations entre Londres et Bruxelles après des années tendues durant le Brexit. Dans cet accord global conclu le jour d’un sommet majeur à Londres, les deux capitales ont également convenu de prolonger de douze ans, jusqu’en 2038, les droits de pêche généreux accordés aux flottes de l’UE dans les eaux britanniques.

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Jon Stone

LONDON — Keir Starmer will be happy with his haul from Monday's Brexit summit. But EU fishermen will be even happier. The British prime minister used Monday's EU-U.K. Brexit summit to offer major concessions on EU access to U.K. fishing waters — in exchange for a host of favorable terms he's betting tired voters will thank him for.

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Sophie Inge |Jon Stone |Charlie Cooper

LONDON — When it comes to rebuilding Britain’s post-Brexit relationship with the EU, the course of true love never did run smooth. But a new pact means it may just get a bit less bumpy. On Monday negotiators unveiled a sweeping agreement on defense and fishing, as well as a pledge to work towards deals in defense, energy, agrifood rules, climate, migration and policing, after years of Brexit bad blood.

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Jon Stone |Nicholas Vinocur

LONDON — Britain and the European Union have agreed a new defense and security pact as part of Keir Starmer's "reset" of relations with Brussels. The two capitals also agreed to extend generous fishing rights in British waters for another 12 years, until 2038. And they agreed to work towards agreements in energy, agrifood rules, climate, migration and policing, and mobility of people.