[PDF] Top 20 What now? Options for Brexit And a cry for help EPC Discussion Paper, 15 June 2017

... Once the future framework is so defined (and sufficient progress has been made on Phase I), Michel Barnier and David Davis will be able to negotiate the crucial transitional arrangements. Ideally, the transition needs to ... See full document

... In addition, progress in the EU-facilitated talks between Kosovo and Serbia may help to assuage the five non-recognisers' concerns. However, the dialogue is currently suspended due to several incidents. On 4 ... See full document

... will help to conclude the first phase by bringing greater clarity and legal certainty to citizens, businesses, stakeholders and international partners about the immediate effects of ... See full document

... Michel Barnier is ready to begin discussions with the British as early as January about options for future trade. Work must also commence on defining the framework for the future relationship. It would be helpful ... See full document

... about options for the future continues to be lamentably vague and ...Westminster now agree that the UK should ask for a transition period of at least two years, reflecting as much as possible the status ... See full document

... As laid down in Article 218(3) TFEU, the European Council's guidelines will lead the Commission to make recommendations to the General Affairs Council (GAC), which will then take the formal decision to open the ... See full document

... by Brexit. After the referendum in June 2016 the EU has been busy making policy for its 27 members in a deliberate effort to shore up the cohesion of the Union and establish a new momentum of ...Barnier's ... See full document

... after what they perceived as the relative estrangement of President ...of what this administration says or does is tactical, not ...might help avoid complacency among allies and urge them to show ... See full document

... the Brexit package. Remain MPs should move on from short-term Brexit and return to the cause of long-term British membership of the European ...for June, will contain a proposal for legislation to ... See full document

... One must assume, for the sake of parliamentary democracy, that when Tory ministers speak out on Brexit they mean what they say. The nationalistic rhetoric that they have unwisely stoked in the course of the ... See full document

... According to our estimates, considering current data and the models already in place, depending on the approach adopted by the UK, the UK’s gross and net direct contributions to the EU budget post-Brexit could ... See full document

... Money is a priority for the EU side – not least because the UK contributes some 15% of the EU's annual budget revenue. The European Council says that a single financial settlement should cover "all legal and ... See full document

... their Brexit negotiation team the political uncertainty in the UK poses significant ...could help to move the negotiations on the future trade relationship forward as fast as ... See full document

... hard Brexit, but that a rerun of a referendum on ‘Leave’ versus ‘Remain’ would be just as close as the first: certainly the assumption that Remain would win handsomely is an arrogant one not supported by the ... See full document

... Many in Britain, and not just Brexiteers, resent being treated by the EU like third-country aliens. But if the UK is to regain its credibility and recuperate its position in European affairs post-Brexit, it needs ... See full document

... to Brexit (one way or the other), the EU institutions and its member states would do well to reflect on how they have managed the secession process so ...far. What lessons can be learned? A preliminary ... See full document

... 5 give the DUP an effective veto over any new regulatory and customs arrangements between the UK and the EU. But Mrs May misinterprets the Good Friday Agreement, which gives oversight of customs matters to the ... See full document

... Brexiteers dislike the Political Declaration because it postulates a close permanent association with the EU. Remainers have largely ignored it and instead have taken to quarrelling among themselves about other supposed ... See full document

... Ultimately, there is no silver bullet on how national parliaments could help the EU overcome its democratic challenges. The best shot lies in a combination of approaches and instruments, but also in a pragmatic ... See full document

... However, in the rush to pursue this strategy, many assumptions have been made without fundamentally questioning how and when migration and development should be linked or whether this linkage should be made at all. It is ... See full document