Tag: Brexit

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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Brexit

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has made agreement on the future of the UK-EU relationship by December 2020 quite unrealistic....

April 16, 2020 / Yves Bertoncini
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Keir Starmer’s First Days Are Promising but Don’t Tell the Full Story

It has been less than a week since Sir Keir Starmer was elected leader of the UK Labour Party yet it already feels like a lifetime. With the party still reeling from its historic loss in the December General Election and Coronavirus dominating the news cycle, the opposition’s challenges are significant but not insurmountable....

April 9, 2020
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Brexit Phase 2: Time to Shape the Final Deal

With the UK Prime Minister adamant that he wants to conclude the next phase of negotiations on the future trading relationship by 31 December, this leaves an unprecedentedly short period to avoid a cliff-edge “hard” Brexit. As the phase 2 negotiations kick off, APCO’s team in London, Paris and Brussels examine the negotiating positions of the UK and EU, and the prospects for a deal....

February 3, 2020 / Yves Bertoncini, Nicholas Whyte
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A New Prime Minister, Same Old Brexit? The View From Brussels

On 23 July, the UK will have a new Prime Minister. APCO’s experts in London and Brussels consider how the top two candidates would approach Brexit as Prime Minister, and how EU leaders are likely to respond....

July 16, 2019 / Nicholas Whyte
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Global Projection of Soft Power

As the UK prepares for its future outside of the European Union, the importance of soft power increases greatly....

January 11, 2019
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A Tale of Two Cities, Two Countries and Two Elections

“Fog in the channel; the continent cut off.” This is an apocryphal British headline, trotted out so often that it has become almost hackneyed in its usage to illustrate the difference (and implied pre-eminence) of the UK from the rest of Europe....

January 11, 2019 / Will Browne
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PM's Speech Addresses Uncertainty

UK Prime Minister Theresa May today pledged that her government’s Brexit negotiating strategy will be based around building a stronger, fairer, united and outward looking United Kingdom ...

January 10, 2019
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Threat of “No Deal” Brexit is Greater Than Ever

For much of the two and a half years since the UK’s Brexit referendum in June 2016, the process moved so slowly that it was difficult to believe anything was happening at all. But this week has been crucial. ...

January 8, 2019 / Nicholas Whyte