Tag: Brexit

(Europe/UK/Brexit/Northern Ireland) Von der Leyen rejects UK bid to reopen Irish protocol (Euractiv)

Benjamin Fox writes for Euractiv: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has insisted that the EU would not reopen the controversial Northern Ireland...

Brexit – Brexit’s Collateral Damage (Chris Patten, Project-Syndicate)

Five years after the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, the costs of that decision are becoming clearer. Most perniciously, trust in...

UK – Brexit deterred international students from applying to UK universities (VOXEU)

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Agnese Romiti Attracting international students is critical for public universities in the UK increasingly facing funding cuts and a diminishing domestic youth population. This...

(Northern Ireland/Brexit) Northern Ireland parties take legal action against Brexit deal (Euractiv)

Members of Northern Ireland’s two largest pro-British parties are set to take part in legal action challenging part of Britain’s divorce deal with the...

(Brexit/Europe/USA) Term Member Discussion on Brexit: What Does the Deal Mean for Europe and the United States? (CFR)

Speakers Marisa K. Bellack Europe Editor, Washington Post Björn Finke EU Correspondent, Süddeutsche Zeitung; 2009 ACG Young Leader Megan E. Greene Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Dame...

(Brexit) Will Brexit Be a Barrier for Retooling the Economy? (Joergen Oerstroem Moeller, The National Interest)

Britain’s problem is low productivity. EU membership could have helped. https://nationalinterest.org/feature/will-brexit-be-barrier-retooling-economy-176531

(Europe) Europe after Brexit. One Continent, Two Systems (Roderick Parkes, DGAP)

In 2016, Brussels saw Britain’s vote to leave the EU as a threat. But since Boris Johnson took power in 2019, European officials have...

(Spain/Brexit) The consequences of Brexit for Spain (William Chislett, Elcano Royal Institute)

Theme Spain has good reason to be relieved that the UK and EU struck a post-Brexit free-trade deal, given the importance of its economic relation...

(Brexit) Brexit gives the Tories a free hand to dismantle workers’ rights (Jason Moyer-Lee, Al Jazeera)

In September 1988, two now famous speeches set out competing visions for the United Kingdom’s role in Europe and Europe’s role in the UK....

(Brexit/Europe/USA) The Brexit Boon to Europe and the US (Melvyn Krauss, Project-Syndicate)

More than four years after the Brexit referendum, the United Kingdom has finally left the European Union, and the timing could not be better....

(Brexit) Did you have a merry Brexmas ? (Tim Oliver, Clingendael)

The build-up to Brexit has at times felt like opening the daily door on an underwhelming four and a half year advent calendar. When...

BREXIT – What’s in the EU-UK Brexit Deal? (Matthias Matthijs, CFR)

The European Union and the United Kingdom came to a last-minute trade deal on Christmas Eve, narrowly averting the hardest of all potential Brexits....

BREXIT – What the Brexit deal solves—and what it doesn’t (Hung Tran, Atlantic Council)

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/what-the-brexit-deal-solves-and-what-it-doesnt/

BREXIT – Brexit deal: What happens next and what will change on January 1? (David Child, Al Jazeera)

The clock, as Michel Barnier said, is no longer ticking. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/25/brexit-deal-what-happens-next-and-what-will-change-on-january-1

BREXIT – Brexit trade deal may be imminent: Senior EU source (Al Arabiya)

A senior European diplomat told Reuters on Wednesday that a Brexit trade deal could be imminent, raising hopes that Britain and the European Union...

BREXIT – The Final Days of Brexit Negotiations (CFR)

Panelists discuss the latest developments in Brexit negotiations, including the main points of contention among the parties, prospect of a deal before December 31,...