JAPAN TIMES Brexit Headlines: 1 Jun - 30 Jun 2017

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BUSINESS / CORPORATEJUN 22, 2017

Nomura said to choose Frankfurt as new European base after British exit

Nomura Holdings Inc. has picked Frankfurt to be the headquarters of its European Union operations after the U.K. leaves the bloc, people with knowledge of the matter said. Japan's biggest brokerage will start preparations this month to form a base in the German financial center, ...

BUSINESSJUN 20, 2017

Britain seeks 'special' EU ties as Brexit talks kick off in Brussels

Britain's negotiators came to Brussels seeking a "new, deep and special partnership with the European Union" on Monday as talks on the unprecedented British withdrawal from the bloc finally got under way. A beaming Brexit Secretary David Davis, a veteran campaigner against EU membership, told ...

WORLD / POLITICSJUN 17, 2017

As Brexit talks loom, May scrambles for deal to stay in power

Britain is likely to enter arduous talks on its exit from the European Union without a deal to keep Prime Minister Theresa May in power as negotiations with a Northern Irish "kingmaker" party grind into a second week. After a tumultuous week that pitched Britain ...

COMMENTARY / WORLDJUN 16, 2017

Tackling Brexit with no one in charge

BY DAVID HOWELL

If the British aim is an eventual clear disassociation from the EU that minimizes disruption, an amended EEA seems the obvious transitional status for a few years

WORLD / POLITICSJUN 13, 2017

Under pressure to soften Brexit, May meets Northern Irish 'kingmakers'

Prime Minister Theresa May sought to strike a deal with a Northern Irish Protestant party to save her premiership on Tuesday as she came under intense pressure to soften her approach to Brexit days before formal EU divorce talks. May's botched election gamble, which saw ...

EDITORIALS   JUN 12, 2017

Another stunning United Kingdom ballot result

British Prime Minister Theresa May's lost election gamble has put her own position in jeopardy and destroyed the foundation of her Brexit policy.

COMMENTARY / WORLDJUN 12, 2017

Theresa May pays dearly for her hubris

BY HUGH CORTAZZI

The British prime minister will have her hands full trying to hold onto her job following the Conservative Party's disastrous performance in Thursday's election.

COMMENTARY / WORLDJUN 12, 2017

Britain's general election results in political mayhem

BY TINA BURRETT

A weak prime minister with an uncertain future puts Britain in a perilous position as it enters its most important negotiations for generations.

WORLD / POLITICSJUN 12, 2017

Weakened May appoints new British Cabinet as critics circle, Corbyn eyes second election

Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed ministers to her shaky government Sunday, as some Conservative colleagues rallied to support her while others said her days were numbered after last week's disastrous election. May is seeking a deal with Northern Ireland's hard-line Democratic Unionist Party ...

WORLD / POLITICSJUN 11, 2017

How May's sure thing became political disaster for the ages

BY TIM ROSS, SVENJA O'DONNELL AND ALEX MORALES

It was 5:15 a.m. when an exhausted Theresa May entered the campaign war room at Tory headquarters to face her demoralized party workers. Surrounded by discarded food wrappers, inflated blue balloons and empty bottles of beer and wine, May addressed the wreckage of a gamble ...

WORLD / POLITICSJUN 10, 2017

British voters wake up and ask: Who are the DUP?

British voters spent Friday frantically Googling the name of a small Northern Irish party whose 10 seats hold the balance of power in Parliament. As Britons awoke to news that Prime Minister Theresa May would have to turn to the Democratic Unionist Party for support ...

COMMENTARY / WORLDJUN 9, 2017

Theresa May's biggest mistake

BY THERESE RAPHAEL

U.K. voters threw out the script. Let that be a lesson.

WORLD / POLITICSJUN 9, 2017

May dealt crushing blow, blurring Brexit talks

British voters dealt Prime Minister Theresa May a devastating blow in a snap election she had called to strengthen her hand in Brexit talks, wiping out her parliamentary majority and throwing the country into political turmoil. With no clear winner emerging from Thursday's election, a ...

WORLD / POLITICSJUN 9, 2017

U.K. Conservatives lose majority as May's election gamble over Brexit backfires

Prime Minister Theresa May was fighting to hold on to her job on Friday as British voters dealt her a punishing blow, denying her the stronger mandate she had sought to conduct Brexit talks and instead weakening her party's grip on power. With no clear ...

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