The European Council (Art. 50) on 15 December 2017 adopted guidelines for the second phase of the Brexit negotiations. The European Council welcomes the progress achieved during the first phase of negotiations as ...
On 6 July 2018, Theresa May summoned her cabinet to the Prime Minister’s country residence at Chequers to agree on White Paper proposals on the UK’s negotiation position on a future relationship. Famously, she ...
Mrs. Thatcher’s First Goevernment Immediately on election as prime minister, Margaret Thatcher had commenced a campaign to reduce the UK contribution to the EEC budget. The common agricultural policy accounted ...
Labour Switches to Supporting EU The Labour Party converted to a pro-European policy during the 1990s under the leadership of Neil Kinnock and then John Smith. Neil Kinnock favoured membership of the EEC and later ...
Historical Relationship Britain’s relationship with the European Union and its predecessors has been described as ambivalent and half-hearted. It had an imperial past and a relationship with Commonwealth countries. ...
Immigration and EU Expansion A Lord Ashcroft referendum day poll of over 10,000 voters found that one-third of the voters said their main reason for voting leave was that it offered the best chance for the UK to ...
Globalisation Standard economic theory dating back to Adam Smith in the 18th century appears to hold that international trade is always a win-win for each country. Although some countries lose in some sectors, this ...
The UK Prime Minister David Cameron promised in January 2013 that should the Conservative Party win the 2015 general election, that the UK government would negotiate more favourable terms for continuing membership ...
The European Economic Community In Western Europe, the experience of the depression the Second World War, the development of post-war cooperation and institutions and the efforts of notable individuals including ...
The Composition of the European Union The European Union consists of 27 member states, with nearly 500 million inhabitants. Its member states account for nearly 30 per cent of global output. The European Union has ...
Economic sphere The Atlantic Charter of 1941 by the United States and the United Kingdom as a rallying cry for nations opposing Germany Italy and Japan called for the renunciation of territorial expansionism ...
ANNEX to the Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION authorising the opening of negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ANNEX DIRECTIVES FOR THE NEGOTIATION OF A ...
PART II: ECONOMIC PART 1. OBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPLES 16. The envisaged partnership should include an ambitious, wide-ranging and balanced economic partnership. This partnership should be comprehensive, encompassing a ...
10. TRANSPORT A. Aviation a) Air transport 57. The envisaged partnership should address comprehensively the aviation relationship with the United Kingdom. It should ensure, on the basis of commercial principles and ...
15. LEVEL PLAYING FIELD AND SUSTAINABILITY A. General 89. Given the Union and the United Kingdom’s geographic proximity and economic interdependence, the envisaged partnership must ensure open and fair competition, ...
PROTOCOL ON IRELAND/NORTHERN IRELAND Replacement of NI Protocol Revised texts agreed at negotiators’ level for: – The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland included in the Withdrawal Agreement and the ...
PROTOCOL ON IRELAND/NORTHERN IRELAND Replacement of NI Protocol Revised texts agreed at negotiators’ level for: – The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland included in the Withdrawal Agreement and the ...
Clause 1: saving for the implementation period: the power to exclude international agreements from the definition of EU treaties Power conferred on: A Minister of the Crown Power exercised ...
1.Powers relating to citizens’ rights Clause 7(1)(a) to (g): powers to make regulations providing for the deadline for applications and temporary protections in respect of the EU ...
Citizens’ rights 36 The Bill gives effect to the Withdrawal Agreement so that it applies directly in the UK, underpinning the rights contained within Part 2 of the Withdrawal Agreement in domestic law and providing a ...
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