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European Parliament has just had an update on #Brexit from @danutahuebner who chairs the @EPInstitutional committee and is on the Brexit Steering Group (1)
▶️no idea when Brexit deal will arrive at European Parliament
▶️last point that Parliament can vote is first plenary session in March 19 because the second session would be too late
▶️negotiations have intensified but she hopes this isn't "a trick" (2)
▶️She had a meeting with @ukineu Sir Tim Barrow about the endgame
▶️political declaration on future relationship will not be legal text or legally binding
▶️views shifting towards political declaration being general because not enough time to negotiate the detail (3)
▶️.@MichelBarnier opened up the opportunity to make the N Ireland backstop more political palatable but nothing has happened
▶️she doesn't think much will happen at informal leaders meeting in Salzburg, it's about October #EUCO (4)
▶️she raised the prospect of EU leaders revising their guidelines at the October summit but said she was just speculating
▶️doubts that EU will be prepared to renegotiate if UK Parliament rejects the deal in the "meaningful vote" but again that was her guess (ENDS)
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This is part of a two-stage reassurance process that will start at the December summit and could continue into January. It’s spelled out in draft summit conclusions circulating this evening. (2)
Some will quibble that this isn’t a legally binding commitment - yet - and that it’s only making explicit something that’s implied in the Withdrawal Agreement, a document that WILL NOT BE RENEGOTIATED. (3)
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The Article 50 case at the ECJ has begun. Lawyer for the British MSPs, MPs and MEPs arguing that requiring unanimity to revoke A50 would "ride roughshod" over EU principles, meaning a state could be forced out against its will if it changed its mind.
He ends his argument saying that parliamentarians need to know what options are available to them when they vote on Brexit.
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#Brexit thoughts this AM. The draft Withdrawal Agreement has a Northern Ireland sub-committee to the Joint Committee and sounds like there's been progress on an arbitration panel for the governance of the treaty = forum to discuss exit from a temporary customs arrangement? (1)
ANOTHER reminder of what @MichelBarnier said about the UK-wide customs idea way back in July. Note the problems he said had to be solved to make it work. europa.eu/rapid/press-re… (2)
And finally, I've now seen FIVE different dates for an extra-special Brexit summit in November. But I've been told that my trip to the German Christmas markets on 1/2 December should be safe! (3
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1/ If you don’t follow Brexit every day, here’s some advice. Let go of any illusions that this drama is about trade protocols, residency rights or the status of the Irish border. Brexit is the story of a proud former imperial power undergoing a mid-life crisis
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Most evaluations of no-deal #Brexit scenarios (e.g. the @iealondon ones) seem to include some emergency last-second treaties between the EU and the UK that would be required. Does this work? People forget there are procedures. Read the thread to learn more.
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Some #Brexit notes on where it’s at
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Salzburg summit in 3 weeks - May will address all 28 but with no discussion 
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thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/m…
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#Brexit Thread: a list of 20 random reasons why I voted to leave the EU

1. The impossibility of meaningful treaty reform. We cannot edit the supranationalist DNA of the EU
2. The exclusion of the public from decisions relating to further integration. See Treaty of Lisbon.
3. The way in which the EU will seek homogenisation and integration for its own sake and for that of EU ideology over practical necessity.
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1) Thread: #Brexit supporters -
40 minutes of your time

Brexit supporters out on Twitter, obviously many of us are now entrenched on either side, but perhaps, 40 minutes of your time will convince you that Brexit needs to be stopped.

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No changes, no impacts, everything we wanted in a bespoke free trade agreement. This was the Vote Leave message.

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"No deal would be far worse for you than for us"

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Just a reminder: the European Parliament has so far commissioned from experts dozens of impact assessments or studies on #Brexit in 14 broad fields. They don't necessarily constitute the EP's official position but are all free & available here: europarl.europa.eu/unitedkingdom/… Thread 1/6
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