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So, now we've all slept on it, a possibly less hot take
AZ/Art.16 mess highlights importance of UK being closely across EU/COM activity, because it will affect UK and there's no one permanently in place to look after UK interests
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AZ/Art.16 mess highlights importance of UK being closely across EU/COM activity, because it will affect UK and there's no one permanently in place to look after UK interests
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UK is now a third country and so will always come after member states in political calculations.
Fortunate to have IE looking after Protocol, and Barnier to still be around, to unpick the situation last night, but might not apply to other situations
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Fortunate to have IE looking after Protocol, and Barnier to still be around, to unpick the situation last night, but might not apply to other situations
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Thus UK needs to maintain working links with all parts of COM to head off issues and make sure there's someone to phone if it does go wrong
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I spoke about just this to @CommonsFREU before Xmas
"The shape of future parliamentary scrutiny of UK-EU relations - Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union - House of Commons" https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmselect/cmexeu/977/97702.htm
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"The shape of future parliamentary scrutiny of UK-EU relations - Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union - House of Commons" https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmselect/cmexeu/977/97702.htm
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In short, UK might have left EU, but it hasn't left its orbit
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