The road to EU membership
How do countries join the EU? I’ve noticed a lot of confusion about this. In particular, there seems to be
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Entering the Brexit endgame
Rational people (including most Remainers) have been assuming that the UK and the EU of course would negotiate a reasonable
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The lack of smoke-filled rooms
The famous FAZ article made a really good point, namely that Theresa May seems to think the Brexit negotiations will
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The prodigal son
I expect the UK (or perhaps I should say South Britain, as I expect Scotland and Northern Ireland will have
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The Brexit dinner
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung’s devastating description of the Brexit dinner is really worth reading (click on the photo for a
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The benefit of a transitional period
It’s becoming clear that the EU negotiators are expecting the UK to go through three phases of Brexit: The negotiating
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EFTA is not a stepping stone to EU membership
Before the UK joined the EU (or rather the EEC as it was called at the time), it was a
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