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16 May 2019

Brexit Weekly


May to bring Brexit deal back to Parliament at start of June, Labour will not back Brexit deal, Donald Tusk says chance of Brexit being cancelled could be 30%, Brexit party may get more EU election votes than Tories and Labour combined, Brexit delay will harm long-term economic outlook, says BoE.

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Bloomberg: May to bring Brexit deal back to Parliament at start of June
Theresa May set a date for her final Brexit showdown, promising to bring her deal back to Parliament at the start of June.  View Article
Financial Times: Labour warns Theresa May it will not back Brexit deal in crunch vote
Labour warned Theresa May it will not support her Brexit deal in a showdown vote in early June unless the prime minister makes more concessions, including on ensuring any cross-party agreement is “Boris-proof”.  View Article
The Guardian: Keir Starmer: Brexit deal unlikely to pass without confirmatory poll
Keir Starmer has expressed doubts that any cross-party Brexit deal lacking a confirmatory referendum could pass parliament, warning up to 150 Labour MPs would reject an agreement that did not include one.  View Article
The Guardian: Brexit talks will tie up Whitehall for years, top UK diplomat warns
The next stage of the Brexit negotiations are going to make the current mess look like a simple affair and will tie up the civil service for years, the former national security adviser and head of Britain’s diplomatic service has warned.  View Article
The Guardian: Donald Tusk: chance of Brexit being cancelled could be 30%
The chances of the UK staying in the EU are as high as 30% as the country would be likely to reject Brexit in a second referendum, the president of the European council, Donald Tusk, has said.  View Article
Bloomberg: No-deal Brexit risk bigger than firms think, business chief says
Britain could tumble out of the European Union by accident or be forced out without a deal by EU leaders impatient with the country’s chaotic effort to leave the bloc, Edwin Morgan, interim director general of the Institute of Directors, said in an interview.  View Article
The Guardian: Backstop still needed if May departs, Irish foreign minister says
Ireland’s foreign minister, Simon Coveney, has told the Conservative party that getting rid of Theresa May will not remove the need for a Brexit backstop for the Northern Ireland border.  View Article
The Guardian: Brexit party may get more EU election votes than Tories and Labour combined – poll
Nigel Farage’s Brexit party is on course to secure more support at the European elections than the Tories and Labour combined, according to the latest Opinium poll for the Observer.  View Article
The Guardian: European elections: Tories could come sixth, officials fear
Conservative officials fear the party could come sixth in the European elections, with their support plummeting to single digits.  View Article
The Guardian: Brexit delay will harm long-term economic outlook, says Bank
A senior Bank of England policymaker has warned more delay to Brexit could further depress business investment and damage the long-term economic outlook.  View Article
The Guardian: UK economic growth picks up as stockpiling bolsters manufacturing
Britain’s economy strengthened in the first three months of the year, with growth of 0.5% helped by unprecedented stockpiling by manufacturers fearful of the impact from a no-deal Brexit.  View Article
NIESR: The economic impact on the United Kingdom of a customs union deal with the European Union
Economists warn that this type of customs union arrangement would involve significant non-tariff barriers that would hinder trade, particularly in services, which would be a material economic burden in view of the importance of services trade to the UK economy.  View Article
POLITICO: Britain divides but doesn’t rule
Britain has finally managed to split France and Germany over Brexit after nearly three years in which the two continental powers marched in lockstep. The trouble for the U.K. is that it is too busy fighting itself over the future it wants with the European Union to take advantage of the rift.  View Article
YouGov: Labour and Conservatives have the least clear policies on Brexit, says public
The Brexit Party is the only national party where a majority say their policies are clear, according to new YouGov research.  View Article
EPC: The EU’s governance of Brexit and its impact on the negotiations
Johannes Greubel argues that throughout the negotiations, the EU managed to set up an inter-institutional governance system that not only ensured unity but also the full support of all institutions for the negotiations' outcome, and strengthened the Union’s negotiation position.  View Article
EUROPP: Understanding the enhanced role of the European Parliament in the Brexit negotiations
Carlos Closa writes that the Parliament has effectively crafted a central role for itself in the Brexit process. This has been achieved by combining the unconcealed brandishing of its veto threat with the promotion of strong internal unity and supporting the Commission’s role as central negotiator.  View Article
 

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