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April 25, 2018
If the House of Commons, Council and European Parliament are to approve any deal by 29 March 2019, negotiations will need to be done by the end of October 2018 at the latest. Taking into account the summer break, that is basically tomorrow! Not only have talks been advancing at a snail’s pace for months,… » read more
Posted by Daniel Gueguen
April 18, 2018
Guest blog post by Denis MacShane, the UK’s former minister for Europe. His latest book is Brexit, No Exit. Why (in the End) Britain Won’t Leave Europe (IB Tauris). Recently the London Eurosceptic political weekly, the Spectator, published an article by the most fervent EU federalist to be found in Europe. Jean Quatremer is a… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
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blogactiv, Brexit, communication, democracy, digital, Elections, EU Citizens & Media, EurActiv.com, Freedom of Speech, média |
April 9, 2018
Guest blog post by Charles de Marcilly, Head of the Brussels office of the Fondation Robert Schuman. A wake up call! In a nutshell, this is the key message provided in the Schuman report 2018, presented on Tuesday 10th April at the European Parliament. The report, which presents the EU’s main challenges and opportunities for… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
April 6, 2018
A week ago, Brexit was yet again making headlines in the UK, as the prospect of the 12 month countdown to the UK’s withdrawal from the EU began. For some, including Theresa May on her tour around the UK, a definitive tone of “we will be leaving the EU March 2019” was the order of… » read more
Posted by What's up with EU
March 29, 2018
The recent discussions between Michel Barnier and David Davis, validated by the European Council, demonstrate many things: a failure to understand technical issues, stunning hypocrisy, signs of a Plan B. There is so much we still do not know. Based on public statements, the UK has obtained victory regarding the transition period, now 21 months… » read more
Posted by Daniel Gueguen
March 21, 2018
Towards the political declaration The European Council (22-23 March) has to assess the strategic impact of Brexit on the future of Europe. Although the heads of government have followed the Brexit saga, initially with regret turning increasingly to alarm, it is the Commission’s Task Force 50 under Michel Barnier that has done the heavy lifting.… » read more
Posted by Andrew Duff - On Governing Europe
Guest blog post by Denis MacShane, the UK’s former minister for Europe and author of Brexit, No Exit. Why (in the End) Britain Won’t Leave Europe (IB Tauris) UK based airlines will face serious problems sorting out their flying rights when the UK leaves the Single Market and Customs Union. Ryanair has announced it will… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
Guest post by Cambre CEO Tom Parker. With the EU to set out its latest guidelines on the Brexit negotiations later today, much attention will be given to the negative reception to Theresa May’s pick and mix approach to accessing the single market. In particular, financial services and her dashed hopes for the City continuing… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
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blogactiv, Brexit, Competition, Digital Single Market, Economy & Euro, EurActiv.com, Financial Services, Global Europe, Globalisation |
February 27, 2018
A Brexit negotiator said to me recently: “Don’t talk to me about Single Sky.” This tells us how sensitive the issue is – and the same could be said for REACH! The difference in attitude between the two negotiating teams is surprising. To this day the UK position remains unknown. But when I telephone the… » read more
Posted by Daniel Gueguen
C’est la tombe de mon grand-père à Vignemont, près de Compiègne. Il est mort il y a 100 ans, quelques mois avant la fin de la Première Guerre Mondiale en 1918. Qu’est-ce qu’il faisait en France ? En 1914, l’Allemagne a déclenché une guerre terrible contre la France, la Grande Bretagne et la Russie. Après… » read more
Posted by Fritz Groothues
February 6, 2018
The United Kingdom wants to leave the EU, Catalonia wants to get back in! Two curiously star-crossed destinies that raise a disturbing question: does national sovereignty still exist? The answer, a cruel one, is ‘no’. National sovereignty no longer really exists, a fact that frustrates the independence wishes of some and the emancipation of others.… » read more
Posted by Daniel Gueguen
January 30, 2018
In fourteen months time the European Union treaties will cease to apply to the United Kingdom. This event will bring to an end almost half a century of Britain’s unquiet membership of the continental bloc. Britain will have rejected the closer unity to which the EU is committed, marking a signal failure for Europe as… » read more
Posted by Andrew Duff - On Governing Europe
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blogactiv, EU institutions, EU Priorities 2020, UK in Europe |
January 11, 2018
Britain’s business world sees the transition period as a positive achievement, but for the UK it would be like jumping out of the EU plane without a parachute! Is Brexit inevitable? Could a ‘no go’ scenario be worked out? No, according to EU officials I consulted off-the-record, because the UK is blocked by internal… » read more
Posted by Daniel Gueguen
December 11, 2017
Just two words – regulatory alignment – in Friday’s Brexit deal have enabled the game to move on in 2018, but at the same time, they might just have killed the whole thing. If there is to be no hard border in Ireland or the Irish Sea, then the UK will need to remain within… » read more
Posted by FinancialGuy Writes!
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blogactiv, EU Priorities and Opinion, EU Treaty & Institutions |
November 30, 2017
In many years of experience of IT-intensive projects, I have found that there are four conditions that must be met to maximise the chances of success. Putting it another way, if some or all of the conditions are not met, the likelihood of failure is raised. The first condition is that there must be a… » read more
Posted by Peter Bye
