Thread by @UKandEU

Our Director @anandMenon1 will be speaking at the @LordsEUCom Security and Justice Sub-Committee shortly

Follow the session here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/a0…

.@anandMenon1: "Both sides need to find a way to work with each other on foreign and security policy."

"They're not negotiating partly because @theresa_may tried and failed, and because UK domestic politics have hardened."

@LordsEUCom

. @anandMenon1: "Sovereignty is not such an issue on foreign and defence - it's as much about optics."

"Foreign policy is being underprioritised by both sides. This is not just the UK - the question is whether the EU is willing to accept the UK is not any other 3rd country."

. @anandMenon1: "The difference between informal collaboration and a third country treaty is not huge on foreign and defence policy - ultimately, the UK will not be in the room."

@LordsEUCom

. @anandMenon1: "The devil is in the detail with any European Security Council. I'm sceptical as to whether the EU can agree such a leadership structure."

"It has to be outside of EU structures to work for the UK."

@LordsEUCom

. @anandMenon1: "The UK created the precursor to CSDP - it would not have happened without us."

"The UK brought a substantial amount of expertise and we sometimes underestimate the lack of resources in many small member states, so our loss will be felt."

@LordsEUCom

. @anandMenon1: "It's vanishingly unlikely that the EU would allow the UK to have a command role in missions."

"There's a contradiction in the EU saying the UK is a unique relationship but also at the same time a bog standard third country."

@LordsEUCom

. @anandMenon1: "The key on future UK-EU cooperation is closing the gap between pragmatism and politics."

"The outcome of the US election will also have a huge impact on how the UK views its security alliances moving forward."

@LordsEUCom

. @anandMenon1: "No deal #Brexit would lead to a period of mutual recrimination. It would be easier to work with our EU partners on foreign and security policy in future even if a slim deal is agreed."

@LordsEUCom

. @anandMenon1: "EU rhetoric is running ahead of its competences in foreign and security policy. There are a lot of free riders among the 27."

"The biggest impact of the UK's exit has so far been on the recovery fund not in foreign and security policy."

@LordsEUCom

. @anandMenon1: "The biggest differences between the UK and EU on foreign policy will be on China, with the UK taking a more hawkish line."

"There is no single EU foreign policy, the EU is the 28th foreign policy in addition to those of each member state."

@LordsEUCom

. @anandMenon1: "Politics may lead to a misalignment between the UK and EU, but geography means it's in our interests to collaborate because we face the same threats."

"However closely we work with the US, the impact of what happens in North Africa will be different for the US."

. @anandMenon1: "The pandemic will place increasing pressure on defence budgets, and therefore increase the incentives for cooperation."

"There is also a greater trend towards self-reliance and attitudes to China will become increasingly important in driving policy."