Jon Stone

London

EU–UK Reporter at POLITICO Europe

EU–UK Reporter at @POLITICOEurope; documenter of London cycle routes (link below) [email protected]

Articles

UK puts new Brexit checks on hold while it negotiates agri-food deal

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Jon Stone

LONDON — The U.K. government has put planned Brexit border checks on fruit and vegetables on hold while it negotiates a sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement with Brussels. The proposed SPS deal, committed to by both sides at a U.K.-EU summit last month, would remove the need for border checks on plant and animal products entirely.
EU officially retires its ‘no cherry-picking’ Brexit line

1 month 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.
L’Union européenne et le Royaume-Uni signent un accord post-Brexit sur la défense, la pêche et l’énergie

1 month 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.
Starmer bets ‘sell-out’ on fish won’t spook Brits weary of Brexit

1 month 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.
UK-EU deal unpacked: All the Brexit red tape in line for a chop

1 month 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.
EU and UK ink partnership deal on security, fisheries and energy

1 month 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.
Everything you need to know about the UK-EU Brexit reset summit

1 month ago | politico.eu | Jon Stone

LONDON — Keir Starmer wants to reset relations with the European Union. At a summit in London Monday, he'll finally break ground on the first phase. What's happening? European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President António Costa and the EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas are meeting the British prime minister in London for a long-awaited U.K.-EU summit.
Nigel Farage will haunt Keir Starmer’s big Brexit summit

1 month ago | politico.eu | Jon Stone |Stefan Boscia |Emilio Casalicchio |Caroline Hug

LONDON — When Keir Starmer sits down with European Union leaders at his big Brexit summit on Monday, there'll be a ghost at the feast: Nigel Farage. Britain's prime minister wants to reset relations with the EU and walk back some of the harder edges of the Brexit settlement. On Monday, he's hoping to finally break ground on the first phase of a deal. But Starmer looks set to spend the meeting looking over his shoulder for the Euroskeptic populist whose party is surging in the polls.
Union boss tells Keir Starmer to back EU mobility as Brexit summit looms

1 month ago | politico.eu | Graham Lanktree |Jon Stone

LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer needs to be more ambitious about easing the cross-border movement of workers as he prepares to host a major summit with the European Union next week, a top labor union boss told POLITICO. Paul Nowak, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), said it would be a “mistake” for Britain’s prime minister — who has spent the week talking tough on migration — to draw a red line on increased worker mobility with the bloc.
EU sets out priorities for Brexit summit

1 month ago | politico.eu | Jon Stone

LONDON — Brussels has set out its priorities for next week's Brexit reset summit in London — with security top of the agenda. In notes published Monday morning, the European Council listed defense and security as the leading priority at the long-awaited gathering, where the U.K. and EU are hoping to sign a security pact.