Brexit Briefings was the name of a series of short explainers on the UK’s departure from the European Union. The introduction promised an A-to-Z look at the negotiations from inside the European Parliament. This page lists the topics covered and how each was framed.
Negotiation and legal questions
- Can the European Court Torpedo the Negotiations? looks at a legal academic’s suggestion that EU courts could be asked to rule on the withdrawal process, and at the political reaction to it.
- The Battle for Brexit reviews the state of talks after a summit in Salzburg and argues that efforts to reverse the referendum result were continuing.
- EU citizens’ rights. The briefing noted that the EU had put citizens’ rights at the centre of its demands, and that the UK government’s stated position was that any arrangement had to apply equally to Britons living and working in the EU.
Trade and economics
- The Customs Union makes a single claim: that remaining in the customs union would prevent the UK from making separate trade deals.
- The EU pension plan records an interview about a proposed Europe-wide pension product and its possible effect on Edinburgh’s role in UK pensions.
Referendum politics
- Second EU Referendum states her opposition to a repeat vote and her expectation that Leave would prevail again.
- Euroscepticism. A reaction to EU leaders who described Euroscepticism as contained, which she disputed on the grounds that EU policies were failing and citizens were paying the price.
Wider EU policy
- The State of the Union 2017. She described the “ever closer union” idea in the Commission president’s address as an attempt to give Brussels more powers.
- EU army. The briefing argued that preparations for a common defence policy and joint military force were advancing and that she saw no case for them.
- Migration. The briefing blamed EU policy and a German leader’s remarks for the scale of the migrant crisis.
Each briefing is an opinion piece, not a neutral summary, and is kept here as a record of the views expressed. For further articles, see the Articles section.