German chancellor says UK cannot have same rights as member states nor negotiate trade relations before agreeing to pay its bill. Angela Merkel has said British politicians are still living under the “illusion” that the UK will retain most of its rights and privileges once it leaves the European Union.

German chancellor makes rare Brexit intervention at a crucial point in talks.

German chancellor warns against return of border and recalls death toll during Troubles. / Angela Merkel has likened the Irish border question to the fall of the Iron Curtain and said Theresa May must bring worked-out proposals to a meeting of EU leaders next week.

Poll finds just 25 per cent of voters think PM will get a deal which is good for Britain.

Her warning marks a significant shift in tone on the EU and UK's relationship once Brexit is delivered since Boris Johnson became PM.

The government is accused of using a “revolting” reference to the Nazi Kristallnacht in a briefing blaming Germany for the Brexit deadlock.

Angela Merkel's protégé Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who now leads the chancellor's CDU party, signed a joint letter calling on the UK to reconsider.

German leader signals trade compromise less likely as she hardens tone on no-deal Brexit.

Angela Merkel has warned Britons will have to “live with the consequences” of Boris Johnson rejecting Theresa May’s plan to continue close economic ties with Brussels after Brexit.

Arron Banks has apologised after Leave.EU tweeted a xenophobic meme of Angela Merkel that invoked Britain’s world war victories to target the German chancellor.

A BBC presenter has been praised for his two-and-a-half minute explainer of Brexit - in a clip that some viewers said demonstrates why it "fundamentally won't work".

Bloc declares solidarity with protests against Lukashenko’s grip on power as it vows to press ahead with sanctions.

Boris Johnson greets Angela Merkel as protesters shout from the other side of the fence.

Talks in jeopardy as no breakthrough emerges in meeting with Ursula von der Leyen.

'Obviously if we can’t then we will have the very good option also of an Australian-style arrangement,' says PM.

Drawing on their recent article, Tim Bale and Karl Pike explore the consequences of the ‘Merkel myth’ for Brexit – the notion that the key to UK withdrawal lay with Angela Merkel.

German chancellor tells EU leaders UK should be offered extension if it is requested.

The picture of Ms Merkel carried the caption, 'We didn't win two world wars to be pushed around by a Kraut'.

German chancellor makes veiled comment that leaving the EU could lead to the UK losing international influence.

This week: Did Chancellor Merkel wobble on the backstop? A longer transition period possible; Dominic Raab's dash to Brussels, and work continues in the Brexit 'tunnel'.

Sources from both sides confirm that no further negotiations are scheduled.

Emmanuel Macron is urging the negotiators not to compromise while Angela Merkel is anxious that talks are not derailed.

Angela Merkel has warned that a failure to strike a free-trade deal would be a defeat for both the EU and UK.

Former Siemens chief Juergen Maier says disruption will last at least six months even if trade deal is reached

On 7 October last year, there was a defining phone call between Boris Johnson and Angel Merkel.

The German government is encouraging Britain to agree a mathematical formula for calculating its European divorce settlement rather than settling on a precise figure in an attempt to avoid a looming clash that risks derailing Brexit talks.

British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt claims German Chancellor Angela Merkel hinted to him that the EU would be willing to renegotiate the Brexit separation deal.

Donald Tusk responds to claims by No 10 source that EU is willing to ‘torpedo the Good Friday agreement’.

EU leaders have dropped a pledge to "intensify" Brexit negotiations after this week's summit, in signs that Brussels is prepared to call Boris Johnson's bluff on his threat to walk away from trade talks.

Macron insists there is no margin for negotiation over French fishing rights.

Little progress in talks so far as negotiators meet face to face in Brussels.

Merkel ally Peter Altmaier says ‘it goes without saying’ Brexit extension would be granted.

Politicians from mainstream parties across Europe have called on voters to shun the far right in this week’s European elections after Austria’s vice-chancellor resigned over a video sting that showed him offering public contracts in exchange for financial and campaign backing.

Macron says withdrawal agreement can not be renegotiated, seeks ‘clear vision’ from UK.

The UK has had little influence in Germany’s upcoming election, experts say, after the country ‘shrugged its shoulders and moved on’ from Brexit. / "Germans generally think Brexit is a bit mad, they generally wish that Britain was still in the European Union, but they shrug their shoulders and they’ve moved on."

Comments will be a blow to No 10, which had hoped Merkel would help break deadlock

The course of Brexit was set in the hours and days after the 2016 referendum. / It was at 6:22 a.m. on June 24, 2016 — 59 minutes before the official tally was unveiled — that the European Council sent its first “lines to take” to the national governments that make up the EU.

This is the moment James O'Brien reacts to former Brexit Secretary David Davis telling LBC that the haulage industry's failure to act has led to post-Brexit tanker and HGV driver shortages.

French president tells Boris Johnson he must present concrete proposals for UK exit.

German chancellor puts responsibility for crashing out of EU firmly at UK PM’s door.

German chancellor warns of economic threat if UK fails to match EU standards.

German chancellor also shares views on Brexit and climate crisis in interview. / Europe must reposition itself to stand up to the challenges posed by its three big global rivals, China, Russia and the US, Angela Merkel has said before her final European election as German chancellor.

Angela Merkel promises to push for orderly Brexit ‘to the last hour’ ahead of EU summit. / With an uncharacteristic flash of Churchillian passion, German chancellor Angela Merkel has promised to push for an orderly UK departure from the EU “to the last day, to the last hour”.

European leaders made their feelings about the Northern Ireland protocol known to a PM desperate to score a PR victory.