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Running Commentary XXI

March 20, 2018

Towards the political declaration The European Council (22-23 March) has to assess the strategic impact of Brexit on the future of Europe. Although the heads of government have followed the Brexit saga, initially with regret turning increasingly to alarm, it is the Commission’s Task Force 50 under Michel Barnier that has done the heavy lifting.… » read more

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EU Institutions, UK in Europe

, Article 50, Association Agreement, Brexit, Court of Justice, European Commission, European Council, European Parliament, Future of Europe, House of Commons, Theresa May

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Running Commentary XII

April 20, 2017

The British election There is to be a Brexit general election in the United Kingdom on Thursday 8 June. Short of a revolution, the winner will be the Conservative party, and Theresa May will continue as prime minister. In calling – and winning – the election, Theresa May will entrench Brexit. Quite fairly, she has… » read more

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EU Institutions, UK in Europe

, Article 50, Brexit, EU budget, European Commission, European Council, European Parliament, Future of Europe, general election, Theresa May

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Running Commentary X

March 10, 2017

A new entente The big Brexit picture is that the UK continues to stumble towards a future association agreement with the EU. Until Article 50 is triggered there will be no official recognition by the EU of this scenario, and the Westminster parliament has yet to get its head(s) around the concept. But experts are… » read more

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EU Institutions, UK in Europe

, Article 50, Brexit, Court of Justice, Euratom, European Commission, European Parliament, Future of Europe, House of Commons, House of Lords, Theresa May

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Running Commentary VIII

February 13, 2017

Still stumbling towards the exit Running out of patience with British politicians? In my latest article on all things Brexit (9 February) I explain why the Westminster parliament and parties find themselves split and emasculated – and have only themselves to blame. I have precious little sympathy for those Remainers who voted blithely to promote… » read more

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UK in Europe

, Article 50, Brexit, Court of Justice, Czech Republic, EU referendum, European Commission, European Council, European Parliament, House of Commons, House of Lords, Theresa May

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Running Commentary IV

December 20, 2016

1. While British ministers continue to give confusing signals about what the government wants out of Brexit — presumably by mistake, given their disavowal of ‘running commentary’ — there appears to be a toughening up of the EU’s negotiating stance. In Brussels, Michel Barnier speaks of nothing other than the three formal stages of Brexit:… » read more

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EU Institutions, EurActiv.com, UK in Europe

, Brexit, Christmas, Denmark, European Commission, European Council, European Parliament, House of Lords, Scotland

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Running Commentary

November 28, 2016

Non-British readers may be a bit bemused by some of the press reports emerging on Brexit in the last few days. So to ease interpretation, here’s my take on the most notable of the latest events:- 1. Speaking at the LSE on Friday evening, John Kerr gave a valuable talk which is well reported on… » read more

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UK in Europe

, Brexit, Court of Justice, European Commission, European Parliament

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Article 50: “Faites Vos Jeux !”

October 18, 2016

In London everyone is agitated about how to trigger Article 50. Proceedings continue in the English High Court on whether the government needs the consent of parliament before it triggers Article 50. It should surprise nobody that the EU dimension is largely absent from the London courtroom. Nobody mentions that Theresa May, in her capacity… » read more

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EU Institutions, UK in Europe

, Brexit, Court of Justice, EU referendum, European Commission, European Council, European Parliament, House of Commons

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Now you’ve read Article 50, read this

July 4, 2016

Most people will have never read a single article of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) before they stumbled recently across Article 50. Alas, those ‘most people’ seems to include many British lawyers and politicians whose acquaintance with the constitution of the European Union has been hitherto remote. So here is my guide to Article… » read more

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EU Institutions, UK in Europe

, Brexit, Court of Justice, EU referendum, EU treaty, European Commission, European Council, European Parliament, House of Commons

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After the referendum: will there really be a ‘new settlement’ between Britain and Europe?

April 29, 2016

As the British referendum looms, a false sense of expectation is spreading in Brussels. Some wishful thinking is excusable: Britain’s partners have grown tired of having to tolerate David Cameron’s general contempt for the European Union and of circumnavigating his efforts to salvage the synthetic unity of his Conservative party. The opinion polls show a… » read more

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Enlargement, EU Institutions, UK in Europe

, Brexit, Cameron, Court of Justice, ECHR, EU referendum, European Commission, European Council, European Parliament, Future of Europe

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EU Accession to the ECHR: Politicians to the Rescue?

March 14, 2015

The European Commission has declared the need for a period of reflection after Opinion 2/13 of the European Court of Justice has stopped the European Union from signing up to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Mindful of its legal duty under Article 6(2) TEU to achieve the EU’s accession to the Convention, the… » read more

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, Council of Europe, Court of Justice, ECHR, EU treaty, EUCharter, European Commission, European Parliament, fundamental rights

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Archives for European Commission

Running Commentary XXI

Running Commentary XII

Running Commentary X

Running Commentary VIII

Running Commentary IV

Running Commentary

Article 50: “Faites Vos Jeux !”

Now you’ve read Article 50, read this

After the referendum: will there really be a ‘new settlement’ between Britain and Europe?

EU Accession to the ECHR: Politicians to the Rescue?

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