UK's FM Says Against Adopting Any New EU Rules During Brexit Transition

Boris Johnson, Britain's Foreign Secretary, arrives for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Boris Johnson, Britain's Foreign Secretary, arrives for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville
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UK's FM Says Against Adopting Any New EU Rules During Brexit Transition

Boris Johnson, Britain's Foreign Secretary, arrives for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Boris Johnson, Britain's Foreign Secretary, arrives for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville

British foreign minister Boris Johnson will stand against any step made to abide by European Union rules issued after Britain leaves the bloc in March 2019, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported.

Johnson, who campaigned in favor of leaving the EU in last year’s referendum, is one of Britain’s highest-profile politicians and seen as a possible replacement for Prime Minister Theresa May, Reuters reported.

Johnson praised On Friday a speech by May in which she revealed her plan for a roughly two-year transition period after Brexit.

But the Telegraph reported that Johnson had set out a new set of demands.

“Boris will be one of those Cabinet ministers pushing to make sure we don’t have any new EU rules and regulations during the transition,” a cabinet source was quoted as saying by the newspaper.

May pointed out the fact that Britain and the EU start with identical regulatory standards and said she wanted “a practical approach to regulation that enables us to continue to work together in bringing shared prosperity to our peoples.”

She did not say whether she thought EU regulations passed during the transition period would be matched by Britain but said, on EU law, that British courts would be able to take European Courts of Justice rulings into account, Reuters reported.

May’s Brexit minister David Davis said he did expect British and EU regulations to diverge over time after Brexit.



Russia’s Zakharova Says Peace Settlement in Ukraine Has Never Been on ‘Real Agenda’ of the West

The site of a Russian strike on a sports complex in a residential area in Kharkiv, northern Ukraine, 26 July 2025. (EPA)
The site of a Russian strike on a sports complex in a residential area in Kharkiv, northern Ukraine, 26 July 2025. (EPA)
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Russia’s Zakharova Says Peace Settlement in Ukraine Has Never Been on ‘Real Agenda’ of the West

The site of a Russian strike on a sports complex in a residential area in Kharkiv, northern Ukraine, 26 July 2025. (EPA)
The site of a Russian strike on a sports complex in a residential area in Kharkiv, northern Ukraine, 26 July 2025. (EPA)

Peace talks and a settlement in Ukraine have never been on the real agenda of the West, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday, in her first comments on negotiations since Russian and Ukrainian officials held talks on Wednesday.

If the West wanted "real peace" in Ukraine, it would stop supplying Kyiv with weapons, Zakharova said in comments reported by TASS news agency.

Earlier, in her weekly briefing on Thursday, she had declined to comment on the talks.