Collapse of EU superstate? Euroskeptics could paralyze Brussels after May elections – study

Published time: 21 Feb, 2019 08:32 Edited time: 21 Feb, 2019 10:43

The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) report describes the vote as "the most consequential parliamentary vote in the EU's history" and says it is even possible for Euroskeptic parties to gain more than 30 percent of the EP's seats "if their popularity continues to grow or if some of the fringe members of the mainstream join them."

https://www.rt.com/news/452049-eu-may-elections-eurosceptics/

EU’s chief executive Juncker ‘not very optimistic’ about UK’s Brexit deal

Published time: 21 Feb, 2019 10:42

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Thursday he was “not very optimistic” about Britain’s chances of leaving the EU with a deal. He warned that any failure to agree an orderly Brexit deal will be economically costly. “If no deal were to happen, and I cannot exclude this, this would have terrible economic and social consequences in Britain and on the continent, so my efforts are oriented in a way that the worst can be avoided,” Reuters quoted Juncker as saying. “But I am not very optimistic when it comes to this issue,” Europe’s chief executive said. Juncker met British Prime Minister Theresa May in Brussels on Wednesday. “Because in the British parliament every time they are voting, there is a majority against something, there is no majority in favor of something,” he told a plenary session of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC).

https://www.rt.com/newsline/452065-juncker-britain-brexit-deal/