EU sets out Brexit mandate for chief negotiator Barnier | News | DW | 22.05.2017

May 24, 2017 By dralfoldman in Boris Johnson, Brexit, Defense Policy, Foreign Policy, Growth, Immigration, Politicians, Politics, Theresa May, Transformation Risk Tags: Angela Merkel, Brexit, European Commission, European Union, Financial Times, Jean-Claude Juncker, Michel Barnier, President of the European Commission, Theresa May, United Kingdom 1 Comment



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Here’s a good article from German news agency DW. It reports that EU ministers have given the bloc’s lead negotiator for Brexit his mandate for the negotiations but French former diplomat Michel Barnier is not expected to begin talks until after the UK general election in June.

Source: EU sets out Brexit mandate for chief negotiator Barnier | News | DW | 22.05.2017

Europe seems to have her ducks in a row but Theresa May‘s team seem to be on the back foot. The Brexit ministers, Davis, Johnson and Fox look increasingly flaky. If Theresa May wins the election, hopefully she’ll strengthen her Brexit team and replace Fox and Johnson, if not all three.

Thoughts?

UK will need interim EU deal before Brexit, says ex-Foreign Office chief | Politics | The Guardian

October 25, 2016 By dralfoldman in Brexit, Business Administration, Immigration, People, Personal Branding Tags: 2016, Brexit, British nationality law, European Single Market, European Union, Financial Times, First Minister and deputy First Minister, London, The Guardian, United Kingdom, United Kingdom European Union membership referendum Leave a comment

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This is an interesting read in the Guardian citing ex-Foreign Office chief. Sir Simon Fraser says short-term deal will be necessary even if Brexit is negotiated within two years of triggering article 50,

Source: UK will need interim EUthe deal before Brexit, says ex-Foreign Office chief | Politics | The Guardian

For me the critical part was:

His assumption was that the government would negotiate “some sort of continuation of our current access to the single market, rather than the negotiation of a completely new agreement and arrangement.”

This would mean that the posturing towards the right-wing and hard immigration controls would be conceded after a couple of years of financial pressure. So perhaps not such a Hard-Brexit?

Thoughts?