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Brexit News
Brexit News
19
Mar
U.K. Brexit Secretary David Davis and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier have reached a political deal on the terms of a Brexit transition.
You can download the draft Agreement HERE. This Agreement sets out the arrangements for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ("United Kingdom") from the European Union and from the European Atomic Energy Community (“Euratom”).
The colouring of the text corresponds to the following meanings:
Text in green is agreed at negotiators' level,...
15
Mar
Osborne Clarke -
US businesses operating in Europe will have no shortage of legal, political and commercial issues on their plate right now, from the implementation of the GDPR and a host of consumer-focussed regulation to the implications of Brexit. So there can be a temptation not to get hung up on ‘boilerplate’ issues like governing law or jurisdiction of contracts. But disputes occur for all sorts of (often unforeseeable) reasons, and what has been agreed in the contract can...
09
Mar
Parliament’s political leadership has endorsed a draft resolution laying out a possible framework for future EU-UK relations after Brexit.
An association agreement between the EU and the UK could provide an appropriate framework for the future relationship, says a draft resolution endorsed by the Conference of Presidents (EP President and political group leaders). This relationship could be based on four pillars: trade and economic relations, foreign policy, internal security and thematic cooperation, for example on cross-border research and innovation projects....
09
Mar
Vulcan Consulting -
Brexit:
Brussels deals blow to UK’s post-Brexit trade vision
The European Commission has delivered a firm rebuff to London’s expectations for its future trade relationship with the EU, indicating that a Canada-style trade agreement is the only option available. The British Prime Minister had outlined her vision of an ‘’ambitious but practical’’ relationship with the EU in her Mansion House speech last week. In it, Ms. May acknowledged that the UK would enjoy less access to the...
05
Mar
By: John Bruton, former Prime Minister of Ireland
My first reaction, watching Theresa May’s speech, was that The UK is going to put itself, and all the other EU countries, to a lot of trouble, so that it can it can leave EU, and then simultaneously rejoin it in selected areas.
It wants a partnership with the EU on Customs, on state aid and competition, on transport, on energy, broadcasting, financial services, atomic power, aviation, on the enforcement of court judgements...
02
Mar
Vulcan Consulting -
Key News in Europe this week
BREXIT London rejects EU draft Brexit withdrawal agreement The British government has unsurprisingly rebuffed the first draft of Brussels’ Brexit withdrawal agreement, stating that it could never sign up to a text that would threaten the constitutional integrity of the UK. The 120-page document produced by Brussels was the EU’s first attempt at drafting legal language that would encompass the December political agreement reached with the UK. The most...
28
Feb
The European Commission has today published the draft Withdrawal Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom.
The draft Withdrawal Agreement translates into legal terms the Joint Report from the negotiators of the European Union and the United Kingdom Government on the progress achieved during phase 1 of the negotiations, published on 8 December 2017, and proposes text for those outstanding withdrawal issues which are mentioned in, but not set out in detail, in the Joint Report. It also integrates the text on...
26
Feb
Main results
EU leaders met in Brussels to discuss the long-term EU budget and the institutional issues. Syria, Brexit, and relations with Turkey were also on the agenda.
Multiannual financial framework
The heads of state or government also debated on the political priorities of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) after 2020, i.e. the EU's long term budget.
We agreed that the EU will spend more on stemming illegal migration, on defence and security, as well as on the Erasmus+ programme.
Donald Tusk, President of the...
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