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It may well be the case that the UK govt tactic of talking to Member States about this, instead of the EU, has a political motive - ie avoiding the

On free trade agreements and export bans: the withdrawal agreement provides for free trade between the EU and NI. For the UK as a whole, the recent trade deal applies.

I love the smell of a leaked legal service opinion in the morning The conclusion: the EU Council legal service says that it's OK for the Brexit deal to be

The bonfire of workers' rights begins. A couple of points...https://twitter.com/hendopolis/status/1349824358978609156 On EU retaliation under the Brexit deal, the test is not whether the reduced standards have a "material impact on

Seeing a lot of this. Quite apart from the argument that "the disadvantages of leaving justify leaving", it's implicitly ignorant/dishonest about the rest of the world. The government wanted

Some thoughts on the human rights aspects of this debate. Yes, incitement to violence is an exception to free speech laws. But thresholds differ - "clear and present danger" in

As the transition period ends, the #BrexitDeal applies from tomorrow. But there's also a parallel significant legal change - most of the rest of the withdrawal agreement starts to apply.

Thanks, Santa!A few preliminary comments... Agreement on provisional application. It ends on February 28th but the EU and UK can agree to amend that date. Dates to come up with

EU 'no deal' unilateral contingency measures published - to deal with aviation, air safety, road haulage, fisheriespress release - https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_2368legal texts -https://ec.europa.eu/inf

Hmm https://twitter.com/jclanoe/status/1322834637035626498 You'll be AMAZED to learn that one of these folks has a stock photo profile Ht @john3ners "I'm a ward sister in a 1600 bedder..." Another "ward sister",

Some initial thoughts on the EU law aspects of the internal market billFirst of all, as the minister admitted yesterday, this bill, if adopted, definitely breaches the withdrawal agreementhttps://twitter.com/lisaocarroll/status/130366288304

1/ The EU Commission has released its paper on preparing for the post Brexit relationship with the UK, after the transition period: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_1304Summary in this thread 2/ The Commission poi

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