EU agencies: a Brexit loss nobody’s talking about

Brexit doesn’t only mean the UK leaving the European Union, the single European market, the European Economic Area, the customs union, the European Investment Bank and the European Atomic Energy Community. There are also more than 40 specialist EU agencies throughout the continent from which the UK will no longer benefit.

Some, such as the European Food Safety Authority in Parma, have important regulatory roles. These agencies are full of experts whose work directly benefits British people’s health, security and economic well-being. Are they experts Britain can do without?

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

ESO: Background information: Italy and Spain lead the fight to conquer UK-based EU agencies http://www.europeansources.info/record/italy-and-spain-lead-the-fight-to-conquer-uk-based-eu-agencies/

The Guardian, 15.04.17: Britain set to lose EU ‘crown jewels’ of banking and medicine agencies https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/15/britain-set-to-lose-eu-crown-jewels

EurActiv, 18.04.17: UK says no decision taken yet on location of EU agencies post-Brexit http://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/uk-says-no-decision-taken-yet-on-location-of-eu-agencies-post-brexit/

The Express, 18.04.17: Brexit fight begins as Government declares major EU agencies ‘will REMAIN in Britain’ http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/793071/Theresa-May-Brexit-EU-Jean-Claude-Juncker-Donald-Tusk-David-Davis-EMA-EBA-agencies

EurActiv, 19.04.17: Commission wants to speed up relocation of UK-based agencies http://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/commission-wants-to-speed-up-relocation-of-uk-based-agencies/

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