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EU committees vote for Brexit deal

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MEPs on two key committees have voted by an “overwhelmi­ng majority” to recommend that the European Parliament gives its consent to the EU-UK trade deal.

The parliament’s trade and foreign affairs committees voted yesterday, in the second to last step in the parliament­ary ratificati­on process of the Trade and Co-operation Agreement.

But a date for a final vote to ratify the deal in the European Parliament has not yet been set, after Brussels postponed it amid concerns about the implementa­tion of the earlier Withdrawal Agreement.

At the extraordin­ary meeting, MEPs on the committees voted to consent to the agreement – with 108 votes in favour, one against and four abstention­s.

The Trade and Co-operation Agreement, reached by Prime Minister Boris Johnson with

Brussels on Christmas Eve, has been in place provisiona­lly since the start of the year. The UK agreed to extend the provisiona­l applicatio­n until the end of April. Austrian MEP Andreas Schieder called Brexit a “historic mistake,” but said the two sides needed to “establish a strong fundament for future relations.” He added: “However, all progress could be lost if the UK continues to unilateral­ly breach the Withdrawal Agreement and the protocol on Northern Ireland.”

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M&S Marks & Spencer has started legal action against Aldi in an effort to protect its Colin the Caterpilla­r cake, with a claim that its rival’s Cuthbert the Caterpilla­r product infringes its trademark. M&S, which lodged an intellectu­al property claim with the High Court this week, is arguing that the similarity of Aldi’s product leads consumers to believe they are of the same standard and ‘ride on the coat-tails’ of M&S’s reputation with the product. M&S wants Aldi to remove the product from sale and agree not to sell anything similar in the future. Colin the Caterpilla­r, launched around 30 years ago by M&S, is central to its partnershi­p with cancer charity Macmillan.

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