The eerie quiet of negotiators, um, negotiating means we’ve seen very little of the Future Relationship process of late: everyone’s too busy trying to work up texts and compromises to brief outsiders. Which makes it a good time to consider an aspect of the ratification problem that’s not been much seen so far: what happens […]
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Authored by Professor Amelia Hadfield, Head of the Department of Politics, and Chair in European and International Affairs at the University of Surrey, and Chris Logie, a Law with International Relations graduate. The following blog appeared on 28 October on the Political Studies Association blog page: https://www.psa.ac.uk/psa/news/uk-development-ambitions-impact-2020-fco-dfid-merger Scene-Setting Since the establishment in 1997 of a […]
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Lots of people have lots of problems with the Maastricht Treaty, and I’m not one to change that. Instead I’ll throw another issue onto the pile: its lopsidedness. If you’ve read the text – and really, you should have – you’ll notice that there’s a huge difference between the sections relating to the first pillar […]
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This is the big question of late 2020 in Brexit-land. All summer and into the autumn, we’ve have multiple briefings, this way and that; some setting us on the road to a rapid settlement, others pointing towards whatever euphemism-of-the-day we might have for a no-deal outcome. So which is it? Rather than try to list […]
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Susan Scholefield, CMG Visiting Professor, Department of Politics, University of Surrey On 10th May, the Prime Minister announced his “routemap” for recovery from the Covid-19 crisis. This will be the product of intense discussions to balance complex risk assessments; to assess scientific advice and evidence; and to strengthen health, social and economic resilience at local, […]
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The European Parliament recently published a report surveying the attitudes of European expatriates to the 23-26 May 2019 European Parliament elections (EP 2020). We explore the expat attitudes to the EU and Brexit in terms of voting preferences and overall results.
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