"UK and EU will establish a six-monthly Foreign Policy Dialogue between the UK Foreign Secretary and the EU High Representative... agreed to a number of regular UK-EU strategic consultations... on Russia/Ukraine, the Indo-Pacific, the Western Balkans and Hybrid threats." www.gov.uk/government/n...
The Foreign Secretary and EU High Representative reaffirm the importance of the relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom for European security and agree to advance work towards a...
for lunch and an 'informal exchange of views' between FAC's AM and PM sessions. Given how strict EU is on access to Council meetings being preserve of member states - EU decision-making autonomy is effectively sacrosanct - this may be as good as it gets. www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/...
And from EU side: "The EU has a plate full of different issues and Brexit just no longer features. So, the willingness to go above and beyond existing red lines... is smaller than ever, precisely because the kind of sore spots we had have been addressed by the Windsor Framework."
Insights into UK side: "The wider question remains about Starmer's strategic vision and, crucially, his willingness to push his ministers to make compromises to secure it... Any ambitious renegotiation will require strong and sustained leadership from Number 10" - @paulmcgrade.bsky.social
âonly implement UK-wide labelling if it is clear a problem is developing.â www.gov.uk/government/p... UK Government announcement:
One thing the Johnson government understood was that to avoid regulatory checks on goods movements regulatory alignment with the EU was necessary. Hence its proposed âzone of regulatory complianceâ between Northern Ireland and the EU⌠with alignment being dynamic.
wrote to the EU setting out UK government proposals to replace the âbackstopâ Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland⌠www.gov.uk/government/p...
Worth noting that 1 October 2024 date for new parcels regime was always conditional; provision exists for new arrangements to be implemented later⌠or indeed earlier. Article 23(5) of Joint Committee Decision 1/2023 eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
