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Unless their position evolves, the red lines of the UK today only allow for one type of relationship; that of a third country. The @Europarl_EN has outlined its proposal for a close association agreement, now it's up to the UK to ask for one. #Brexit
Brexit is a difficult issue that needs to be handled delicately. Ultimately, it concerns people & their families. We have a duty to get it right. But let's also be clear. Change will happen. Our role is to reduce the turmoil where possible.
I am far from happy with the treatment of UK citizens in the EU27. Most Member States have not yet started the process or procedures. The @Europarl_EN will remain very vigilant on this. As we will also on the so called onward movement question. @EURightsAgency
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First, I wish them the best of luck. At the same time, the Romanian government must deliver on their commitments with regard to the #ruleoflaw.
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"Pour les Belges, Flamands, Wallons, Bruxellois tous confondus, être pro-européens ce n’est pas une question de choix, mais une vraie question existentielle. Notre pays, nos terres, ont trop longtemps été le champ de bataille de toute l’Europe." #EPlenary
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001/ [article content in this tweet series 001-180 reproduced with permission from Martin Howe QC of Lawyers for Britain @lawyers4britain]
#quote "Leaving the EU on WTO terms: pulling down the barriers to world trade
Introduction: why prices will FALL after Brexit, not rise" /002
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Fact, fiction and speculation in Brexit negotiations. A brief thread aiming at clarity given that there seems to be rather a lot of confusion about, and media stories are often not helping 1/
Start point. What is currently on offer from the EU. An FTA negotiation. Conditional on the Withdrawal Agreement containing a backstop that ensures no border on the island of Ireland. This is what the EU believes is realistic based on UK red lines 2/
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Some thoughts on the state of Brexit talks:

On NI border: latest UK proposal (CRAP) won’t work.
Other pending issues (governance) have yet to be agreed. On others, UK doesn’t yet have a position. On the future relationship, the UK seems to not accept that “Brexit means Brexit”
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"#Brexit and EU agencies", our extensive look into third country relationships of the 36 EU agencies and how the UK might fit in.

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Albeit largely technical, agencies will have huge implications on Brexit.

Five points stand out in particular:
First, Agencies matter. Like the customs union, they are a technical aspect of the EU, that works and was thus hardly discussed in the UK before #Brexit.
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