| Author (Corporate) | European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service |
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| Series Title | What Think Tanks Are Thinking |
| Series Details | 27.07.18 |
| Publication Date | 27/07/2018 |
| Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
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The politically charged negotiations on the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union moved forward a little in July 2018, when the British Cabinet put detailed proposals on the table for the future framework of EU-UK relations. The document, which envisaged relatively close ties between the EU and UK, in trade and several other areas, after Britain left in March 2019, prompted the resignations of two senior ministers David Davis and Boris Johnson, who favoured an even harder Brexit. EU officials had said that the new proposals contained some constructive elements, although many questions remained unanswered. This note offered links to reports and commentaries from some major international think-tanks and research institutes on Brexit negotiations and related issues published in June and July 2018. European Union officials warned the United Kingdom in the spring of 2018 that time was running out if definitive agreement on the country’s withdrawal from the Union was to be reached by the autumn of 2018. Meanwhile, British Prime Minister, Theresa May, was struggling to keep her Cabinet and Conservative Party united as the focus of negotiations had shifted to the future customs regime and the accompanying, highly sensitive, issue of the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland. This note offered links to reports and commentaries from some major international think-tanks and research institutes on Brexit negotiations and related issues. Compiler: Marcin Grajewski Further information + Brexit negotiations, May 2018 There is also a complementary Think Tank Review compiled by the Library of the Council of the European Union. A special issue of this was published in June 2018 which brought together articles with a Brexit theme from earlier issues of the Review from April 2017 until May 2018. A further regularly updated Brexit reading list is available from the House of Commons Library. |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2018/625149/EPRS_BRI(2018)625149_EN.pdf |
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| Countries / Regions | Europe, United Kingdom |
