We do fact checks and explain news from Europe and the UK's links with it, so you can understand the big stories.
Europe
You can say your plan is to leave with a deal, or you can say an extension will cost £1 billion a month, but you can't say both. Read
A viral post falsely claims senior EU employees don’t criticise the EU because they’d lose their pensions. Read
New EU tax laws aim to stop tax avoidance practices by companies. They do not aim to make owners of offshore bank accounts “come clean”. Read
A Facebook post falsely claims that Luxembourg receives the most EU spending, relative to what it pays in. Read
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard is a different person to Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore. Read
The EU acknowledges that Brexit will leave a “sizeable gap” in its budget, but has plans to manage it. Read
Europe
The Lib Dems were not the first party ever to campaign for an EU referendum, but they were the first major party to do so—advocating that the UK remain in the EU. Read
She also said in 2019 that she couldn’t forgive David Cameron for calling a referendum. Read
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A new claim about GATT 24 runs into an old problem: the EU probably won’t agree to it, and it doesn’t explain that it would mean significant barriers to trade with the EU. Read
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This only works if you’re comparing an extension to a no deal exit where the UK doesn’t pay the divorce bill. Read
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