Former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt was named the European Parliament’s representative on matters relating to Brexit in 2016 following the referendum. But he declared Brexit a “disaster” and as recently as 2023 backed a demonstration calling for the UK to return.

It's a half-decade since leaving the EU and the UK still struggles with its relationship to the bloc. There is reason to hope it could get better

The Government has offered to align with EU laws on chemicals in the latest sign of Labour ’s willingness to roll back Brexit. If new packaging rules from Brussels force UK companies to stop supplying Northern Ireland, then Westminster will rewrite British laws to come in line with the EU’s.

The return of Donald Trump to the Oval Office has left many in Downing Street pondering how best to deal with the man many view as the disrupter-in-chief.

All unionist lawmakers in the Belfast regional assembly, each of whom is committed to keeping the province in the United Kingdom, asked to trigger the mechanism for the first time last month for EU rules on the packaging and labelling of chemicals.

The UK government has rejected the first attempt by Northern Ireland’s unionist parties to block the application of updated EU legislation in the region, saying the key test was not met.

Kallas said it is time to invest, telling an EU defence conference on Wednesday that "President Trump is right to say we don't spend enough". She added that the EU should "shoulder a fair share of responsibility" for Europe's security and that the US should remain a strong ally.

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