Brexit weekly: 5 things

Brexit weekly: 5 things

Eurovision 2.0 The application procedure to host the two UK-based EU agencies, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Banking Authority (EBA) came to a close this week and 19 countries made a bid for the EMA, while eight are vying to host the EBA. The EU...
Brexit weekly: 5 things

Brexit weekly: 5 things

A picture is worth a thousand words As David Davis flew to Brussels to begin Brexit negotiations “in earnest” this week, Monday morning’s photo call seemed to say it all: Davis and his UK negotiators sat on one side of the table, seemingly without briefings to guide...
Brexit weekly: 5 things

Brexit weekly: 5 things

A friendly hand Theresa May definitely didn’t relaunch her premiership this week. She merely made a heavily-advertised speech that marked a sharp change in direction from what came before. Mrs May called on Tuesday for cross-party co-operation on a range of issues,...
Brexit weekly: 5 things

Brexit weekly: 5 things

Cake is for eating On Monday, The Guardian reported that the Government is quietly dropping its existing approach to Brexit negotiations, which centres around the principle of both retaining full access to the European single market and gaining full control of...