European Institutions

  • German Official Presses EC on Post-Brexit Security Deal

    July 12, 2018

    Politico reports that German Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer has sent a letter to the European Commission (EC) warning that the body’s inflexibility on post-Brexit security arrangements is risking the lives of Europeans and calling for a “full security partnership with the UK” after Brexit.

  • Paper Outlines UK Plan for “Common Rulebook” with EU

    July 12, 2018

    The UK Prime Minister’s plan for an economic deal with the EU after Brexit, agreed by her cabinet last week, would create a free trade area and “common rulebook” between the UK and the EU for goods, strike a treaty committing to “ongoing harmonisation with EU rules on goods,” and establish a “joint reference procedure” for UK and EU courts.

  • UK Lawmaker: EU Obstinacy Must Mean “No Deal” Brexit

    July 12, 2018

    UK Member of Parliament Craig Mackinlay argues that the UK government, recognizing that the EU institutions are not above inflicting damage on their members to maintain the integrity of the bloc during Brexit and to advance their integrationist mission, must immediately prepare for a “no-deal” Brexit as the “Global Option” for Britain.

  • UK Leader Triggers Blowback over “Common Rulebook” Plan

    July 11, 2018

    The BBC reports that UK Prime Minister Theresa May has divided her Conservative Party by adopting a Brexit negotiating position that would see the UK maintain a “common rulebook” with the EU, prompting resignations from her cabinet and critiques that such a plan would straitjacket UK trade policy.

  • Lawyer Critiques UK Plans to Remain in EU Internal Market

    July 11, 2018

    Victoria Hewson, a lawyer from the Institute of Economic Affairs in London, explains why UK government plans to remain in the EU’s internal market for goods are illusory given the result of the country’s Brexit referendum, as the EU would require the UK to accept all of its regulations as well as the principle of free movement in return for such access.

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