EU may accept 12-month work visas for ‘youth experience’ scheme with UK Exclusive: Post-Brexit plan would allow British and European 18- to 30-year-olds to travel and work freely The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2025
Visas for young EU citizens to work in UK: We're moving in a good direction, says German ambassador to London But the UK government is wary that such a scheme could spark accusations of a return to freedom of movement Evening Standard · Apr 25, 2025
German ambassador calls for UK to rejoin EU customs union GERMANY’S ambassador to the UK has said the country could benefit from a Turkey-style deal with the European Union ... The National (Scotland) · Mar 21, 2025
UK-EU youth mobility scheme key to better EU relations, says top diplomat Germany’s ambassador to UK suggests Starmer will have to agree concessions in order to secure economic benefits The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2025
Brussels to pressure Starmer to agree to youth mobility scheme in Brexit reset The European Commission has made a youth mobility scheme a key demand amid the prime minister’s post-Brexit reset with Brussels The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2024
The Gruffalo’s illustrator launches book to help UK pupils learn German Axel Scheffler says he hopes Wuschel auf der Erde will encourage more children to learn his first language The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2024
Private schools to take legal action against planned VAT on fees Independent Schools Council says its focus is on children and it is concerned about impact on specialist schools The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2024
VAT on UK international schools ‘could prompt hundreds of pupils to leave’ Private schools are expected to begin paying 20% duty but EU diplomats want international institutions to be exempt The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2024
European ambassadors say international schools in UK should avoid VAT levy From January, the Government plans to remove the VAT exemption and business rates relief for private schools. Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2024
Germany is not adopting Tories' failed Rwanda plan, says Keir Starmer Germany’s ambassador in London Miguel Berger also took to X, also known as Twitter, to reject suggestions that Berlin is considering the move Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2024
EU states working on fresh proposal for youth mobility scheme with UK Giving young people chance to work, learn and train across Europe is ‘glue’ between countries, says German ambassador The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2024
Starmer says ‘more details’ to come on changes to smoking laws – as it happened PM says it is important ‘to get balance right’ amid reports that smoking in beer gardens could be curbed The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2024
‘It enriches your mind in every way’: the fight to keep the UK learning German With A-level entries for the language halving in a decade, a new initiative is hoping to save it from the academic scrapheap The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2024
Neil Kinnock tells Labour MPs ‘tide is shifting’ towards closer ties with Europe Former leader rallies pro-EU MPs who German ambassador says now vastly outnumber ERG group of Eurosceptic Tories The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2024
Evening Standard · Mar 6, 2024 Ukraine missiles: UK envoy defends German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and hits out at Russia over audio leak Ambassador Miguel Berger says Germany’s Taurus system is the ‘Mercedes-Benz’ of long-range missile systems and needs to be handled with care
The National (Scotland) · Oct 27, 2023 Humza Yousaf meets German ambassador to discuss major pipeline plans Humza Yousaf met with German ambassador to the UK Miguel Berger on Thursday to discuss building a European hydrogen market.
The National (Scotland) · Apr 27, 2023 No UK officials at Humza Yousaf's ambassador meetings – despite new Tory rules NO UK Government officials sat in on meetings between First Minister Humza Yousaf and a host of foreign ambassadors – despite the Tory Foreign…
The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2023 Britain restoring ‘relationship of trust’ with EU after Johnson era – ambassador Germany’s Miguel Berger said the EU now has ‘full confidence’ the UK will implement agreements.