[Brexit Negotiations]: Programme: EU-UK Article 50 negotiations Brussels, 16-19 July 2018

A further series of EU-UK Article 50 Negotiations took place between officials in Brussels on the 16-19 July 2018. Key topics on the agenda were:

+ Northern Ireland/Ireland
+ Future relationship
+ Withdrawal Agreement – remaining issues

The meeting was at the level of officials on 16-18 July 2018, and of Principals on the 19 July 2018, including the first meeting in Brussels between Chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier and the new Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, Dominic Raab, who replaced David Davis on the 9 July 2018 after the latter's resignation as part of the turmoil within the governing Conservative Party in the UK after the Cabinet away day at Chequers on the 6 July 2018, which collectively agreed the UK’s detailed vision for a new EU-UK relationship after Britain's departure after March 2019, which was published in a White Paper The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union on the 12 July 2018.

On the 19 July 2018 the European Commission issued a Communication Preparing for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 30 March 2019 aimed at the other EU Member States (EU27) instructing them to prepare for a no-deal Brexit, and alerting them of the consequences for European businesses and citizens.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May had also said on the 18 July 2018 that the UK Government was 'preparing for all contingencies' and that it would publish 'around 70' technical notices to 'lay out the consequences [of a no deal Brexit]' for businesses and the public.

Brexit Negotiations

+ 29 March 2017: The UK triggered Article 50, the process for the start of the negotiations for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.
+ 19 June 2017: 1st Round
+ 17-20 July 2017: 2nd Round
+ 28-31 August 2017: 3rd Round
+ 25-28 September 2017: 4th Round
+ 9-12 October 2017: 5th Round
+ 19-20 October 2017: European Council
+ 9-10 November 2017: 6th Round
+ 8 December 2017: Meeting between Jean-Claude Juncker and Theresa May. Joint report on progress during phase 1 of negotiations under Article 50 TEU on the UK’s orderly withdrawal from the EU
+ 15 December 2017: European Council (Art.50)
+ 29 January 2018: General Affairs Council (Art. 50)
+ 6-9 February 2018: EU-UK Article 50 Negotiations
+ 26-27 February + 5 March 2018 + 13-15 March 2018: EU-UK Article 50 Negotiations
+ 16-18 April 2018: EU-UK Article 50 Negotiations
+ 22-24 May 2018: EU-UK Article 50 Negotiations
+ 5-8 June 2018: EU-UK Article 50 negotiations
+ 19-20 June 2018EU-UK Article 50 negotiations
+ 16-19 July 2018EU-UK Article 50 negotiations

For a further round-up of EU-UK Brexit negotiations March-June 2018 click here.

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

United Kingdom: Department for Exiting the European Union: Collection: Article 50 and negotiations with the EU https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/article-50-and-negotiations-with-the-eu

European Commission: Taskforce on Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom: Negotiating documents on Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom https://ec.europa.eu/commission/brexit-negotiations/negotiating-documents-article-50-negotiations-united-kingdom_en

The Conversation: Tag: Brexit Transition https://theconversation.com/uk/topics/brexit-transition-49271

The Guardian, 19.07.18: Barnier welcomes Raab by stressing urgency of Irish border deadline https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/19/no-deal-brexit-eu-warns-citizens-prepare-for-worst

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