BREXIT: EXTENDING THE TRANSITION PERIOD - ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST. Paper written by Senior European Experts - London as prefaced and edited by Colin MUNRO. "The Experts' conclusion echoes the Economist Leader on 13 June: Don't Pretend, Extend. The UK should agree with what the EU has already proposed, and agree ... Weiterlesen >

COVID 19 AND BREXIT Written by Colin Munro, Chairman UK Citizens in Austria INTRODUCTION According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), COVID 19 will cause a worldwide recession more severe than the Great Depression of the 1930s. The IMF had estimated last year that a No Deal Brexit (NDB) would lead to ... Weiterlesen >

BREXIT ELECTION TRACKER - IT'S ON! written bei Matthew Goodwin Britain is now set for what will almost certainly be the most consequential general election in its entire postwar history. The fate of Brexit, a second referendum, Boris Johnson's embryonic premiership and Jeremy Corbyn's radical Labour project all hang in the ... Weiterlesen >

THE COSTS AND IMPLICATIONS OF A NO DEAL BREXIT Written by “Senior European Experts” London INTRODUCTION Should the UK leave the EU on 31 October without agreement with the EU there will be both direct and indirect costs. Both are hard to calculate – it is unprecedented for a country in ... Weiterlesen >

WHAT IS THE SCOPE FOR RE-OPENING THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE EU? Written by “Senior European Experts” London, excerpted by Alexander Christiani INTRODUCTION The House of Commons has rejected the Withdrawal Treaty negotiated by Theresa May three times. Boris Johnson, the successful candidate in the 2019 Conservative leadership election committed himself to ... Weiterlesen >

„BREXIT: TIMETABLE AND NEXT “ Written by “Senior European Experts” London INTRODUCTION On 10 April 2019 the European Council agreed to extend the deadline under Article 50 for the UK to leave the European Union until 31 October 2019 with the option for the UK to leave earlier if the Withdrawal Treaty ... Weiterlesen >

„VERTEIDIGUNGS-UND SICHERHEITSPOLITIK: WARUM EUROPA AUF DIE BRITEN NICHT VERZICHTEN KANN“ Von Alexander Christiani (Der Text erschien als Gastkommentar in der Ausgabe der Wochenzeitung „Die Furche“ vom 14. Februar 2019) In der höchst emotional und chaotisch geführten Debatte über BREXIT wird ein ganz wesentlicher Aspekt nahezu ausgeblendet. Er betrifft das künftige Verhältnis ... Weiterlesen >

ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST A REFERENDUM ON THE OUTCOME OF THE BREXIT NEGOTIATIONS Paper written by The Senior European Experts London, summarized and published by Alexander Christiani The Green Party, The Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party all have officially endorsed the idea of a new referendum; as ... Weiterlesen >

BREXIT: What does a „no-deal“ (leaving without an agreement) mean… Paper written by the SENIOR EUROPEAN EXPERTS in London There are over 40 areas of policy where there would be problems, including data transfer, civil aviation, crime and justice co-operation, energy supply, the NHS and industrial supply chains. All these impacts ... Weiterlesen >

BREXIT- THE WITHDRAWAL AGREEMENT (Summarized and edited by Alexander Christiani) Although it becomes more likely by the day that this Agreement could ultimately land in the wastepaper bin, it nevertheless seems worthwhile to have a closer look at a document which after all is at the time the only basis for ... Weiterlesen >