Brexit crisis

Monthly review: November 2018, geopolitical events

FETO, Yellow Jackets, Brexit and Azov - weekly outcomes

The political declaration on how the EU and the UK will trade and cooperate in the sphere of safety and other areas, generally, is agreed, the European Council reports.

US President Donald J. Trump’s late October announcement that Washington intends to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) with Russia, coupled with his personal distaste for arms control treaties and multilateral agreements, his interest in massive arms sales (especially to the autocratic Middle Eastern monarchies) and his perceived efforts to undermine NATO and the European Union (EU), have deepened the rift between Washington and Brussels and have prompted Europe to take steps toward the creation of a joint European army.

Weekly outcomes - Brexit, protests in France, Khashoggi`s murder

For the first time in the two-year period following the Brexit referendum in Great Britain, prime minister Theresa May has agreed to a preliminary version of the deal with her Сabinet.

The UK outside the EU - equals Scotland and Northern Ireland outside the UK. Put simply, the United Kingdom will cease to be united, and only England (with Wales, pushing more and more for separation) will continue on

Weekly outcomes - Khashoggi, Afghanistan, EU summit

Key political events of August 2018

On the eve of Trump's visit, a British government report was published with proposals for future relations with the EU after Brexit (the so-called "White Book").