European lawmakers approved plans on Wednesday to remove the national veto for EU member states in the latest attempted power grab by Brussels to wrestle control away from national governments. A total of 291 MEPs supported the proposal put forward by the “Verhofstadt Group,” a group of MEPs led by the arch-federalist Guy Verhofstadt to amend the European Union treaties in favor of greater centralization... 

Former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, who is to take charge of the Brexit negotiations with the European Parliament, where he leads the ALDE group, has said whatever deal is reached on Britain’s new trading relationship, the free movement of EU workers is a red line. Verhofstadt said that the UK should invoke Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon as soon as possible and that the European...