[PDF] Top 20 Brexit: time for Plan B EPC Discussion Paper, 31 May 2017

... movement, and the right to work and of establishment that they would enjoy had the UK stayed a member of the EU, including the right to permanent residency after five years, with all attendant social security benefits ... See full document

... finding may be for supporters of an ultra-hard Brexit on the EU side, such an assessment does not take into account the dynamic effects on the European economy of ...hardest Brexit might be in the ... See full document

... years’ time), a panicky referendum in present circumstances promises to be ...hard Brexit, but that a rerun of a referendum on ‘Leave’ versus ‘Remain’ would be just as close as the first: certainly the ... See full document

... this paper, is to secure continued participation of Northern Ireland in the European Economic Area (EEA), the arrangement that was originally established in 1994 to extend the single market to Austria, Finland, ... See full document

... Mrs May offered a ‘New Brexit Deal’ with a ten-point plan, to be guaranteed by law, some of which merely concerned parliamentary procedures at Westminster, along with the promise of a Commons’ vote ... See full document

... tasted Brexit, in a number of years’ time, it is quite likely – and would be utterly desirable – that the British people will have another look at membership of the European ... See full document

... its Brexit policy of planning to treat workers from the EU in the same way as it treats workers from the rest of the world, British citizens working in the EU can expect real ... See full document

... Mrs May and her party: she has lost the slim but overall majority that she inherited from David Cameron, and will now be reliant for survival on a 'confidence and supply agreement' with the Members of Parliament ... See full document

... Faced with a large influx of asylum seekers in recent years, but little agreement among member states on how to share the burden, the European Union (EU) is increasingly turning to third countries to stem the flow. This ... See full document

... Mrs May loses the ‘meaningful vote’, support for a second referendum will ...second time its constitutional duty to take tough decisions on behalf of the ... See full document

... shorter time frames – from a few months to a couple of years, especially when it comes to actions on some environmental factors, such as air pollution, and unhealthy behaviours, such as smoking, and physical ... See full document

... ensure the integrity of the Single Market. It is the Union’s firm determination to work speedily on a subsequent agreement that establishes by 31 December 2020 alternative arrangements, so that the backstop will ... See full document

... Questions about the cost of the investments and subsidies for solar cells or photovoltaic panels (PV) are legitimate, especially in areas where the return on investment has been minimal. For example, although solar ... See full document

... of May have been the damage that it would allegedly produce to American economic interests and the limitations it would set to US ...Power Plan – the centrepiece of the climate change mitigation agenda ... See full document

... in May 2015, the UK has been only a semi-detached member state, preoccupied almost exclusively by ...Barnier's Brexit tussle has been a grisly side-show but not their central ...concern. Brexit has ... See full document

... But Brexit also poses for the EU its biggest challenge since the fall of the Berlin Wall in ...manage Brexit well will risk the further disintegration of the Union. Brexit may mark the end of ... See full document

... and May, it is fanciful to imagine that the EU institutions and its 27 member states could be persuaded that they should give a third Tory prime minister a chance to attempt yet another renegotiation of Britain's ... See full document

... Discussions about Northern Ireland have scarcely moved beyond principles, on which at least there seems to be broad agreement. Negotiations continue on how to ensure the continued application of the Good Friday Agreement ... See full document

... Mrs May asked for "a deep and special partnership" between Britain and Europe, and promised to come forward in due course with "detailed proposals for deep, broad and dynamic ... See full document

... first time, the negotiators are trying to construct a deal that distributes the costs of disintegration rather than gains from trade; a deal that makes everyone worse off in the ... See full document