Deal or no Deal?

Read commentary, analysis and research papers about negotiating Brexit, from us and our partners such as UK in a Changing Europe.

9 December 2020, Family law after Brexit, Cleo Davies: The end of the transition period has major implications for the cross-border management of family law, particularly in areas like divorce, finances and issues affecting children ...

19 October 2020, Brexit Negotiations: A deal hangs by a thread, Hussein Kassim: Once anticipated as a key milestone on the road to an agreement, the October European Council and its aftermath have instead led to greater uncertainty about the possibility of a deal in the Brexit negotiations ...

September 2020, No Deal is a Big Deal, UK in a Changing Europe Report: No grounds for complacency: the impacts of no deal would be wide-ranging and significant

17 August 2020, The latest on the EU-UK Negotiations, Hussein Kassim: How far have the negotiations got? What are the prospects of an agreement? What would be the costs of ‘no deal’?

29 June 2020, UK-EU Negotiations: A new optimism?, Hussein Kassim: A new optimism followed the high-level conference between Boris Johnson and President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen ...

5 March 2020, Negotiations on the future EU-UK relationship: the practical details, Hussein Kassim: Who will represent the two sides in this second phase? What is the schedule for the negotiations? How are they organised? If agreement is reached, what are the approval procedures?

2 March 2020, The EU and the negotiations on the future relationship, Hussein Kassim: who will lead the negotiations on behalf of the EU? And how was the EU negotiating position decided?

5 February 2020, It's not clear how close the relationship between the UK and the EU will be post-Brexit, Hussein Kassim: Although prominent figures on both sides have emphasised that they want the future partnership between the UK and the EU to be close and special, considerable uncertainty surrounds the next phase of the negotiations.

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