Brexit

Renewal in the Midst of Adversity: Solidarity with Ireland and Comfort for Small Member States

The European Union may be perceived as primarily reactionary in nature. At moments of crisis, the political machinations of the EU institutions saturate our newspapers, television screens and Twitter feeds. At such times, the EU may be easily portrayed as a cold, unfeeling, impersonal monolith: (...)

Thursday 5 September 2019

Johnson can no longer ignore Parliament. So he is silencing it

Arriving back from a JEF seminar in Malta to find the Prime Minister of your country announcing the suspension of Parliament is a bit of a kick in the teeth. These two events might seem unrelated. But, given I’ve just spent a week debating and building projects for a positive vision of (...)

Thursday 29 August 2019

“Dictatorship”, “declaration of war”: Politicians react to Johnson plan to close UK Parliament

Today, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson requested the Queen to shut down the country’s Parliament between 9 September and 14 October. The Queen has consented. The move threatens to scupper the Parliament’s efforts to vote against the country leaving the EU with no deal on 31 October. Politicians (...)

Wednesday 28 August 2019

Class war, the painful taboo at the heart of Brexit?

No one was surprised. As the winner of the Conservative leadership race took to the stage to bumble out a speech as ill-suited to the occasion as he is to his new position, his party stared back at him with a suppressed smattering of horrified apprehension that was far outpaced by their glee. (...)

Saturday 10 August 2019

Short film about Brexit in Northern Ireland promotes sense of unity between communities

The biggest casualty of Brexit will be the people of Northern Ireland, as Brexit will break the Good Friday Agreement. A short documentary is looking to show the positive success stories of the Northern Irish peace process in both the unionist and nationalist communities. The European Union (...)

Wednesday 19 June 2019

Top 7: British politics in the past week (23 May – 30 May)

In the Brexit chaos, British politics never fails to disappoint political thrillseekers. The European elections were a key news story all across Europe last weekend, not excluding the UK. However, a shambolically organised election is not the only thing that happened in the UK in the past week. (...)

Thursday 30 May 2019

Theresa May’s departure shows the darkest days still lie ahead

“This has got to be May’s last week,” is possibly the most over-used phrase in the history of the English language. In Westminster, in newsrooms, in pubs, on Twitter, pundits, journalists, friends, activists and members of the Tory party have been repeating it to each other since last October. (...)

Friday 24 May 2019

Brexit now delayed to 31 October: What does it mean?

At the late-night European Council meeting yesterday, EU leaders rejected British Prime Minister Theresa May’s request to extend Brexit until 30 June, instead offering an extension until the end of October. The UK has accepted this longer extension. The British political class now has more room to breathe but making a decision still won’t be easy. In the coming months, we should expect the UK Parliament, rather than Theresa May, to find a solution to the Brexit crisis. That solution might well be a referendum.

Thursday 11 April 2019

Top 7: The strangest moments in British politics in the past week (29 March – 6 April)

Westminster never fails to disappoint politically-minded thrillseekers. New unusual, unbelievable and embarrassing stories now come out of London on a daily basis. A countdown of the strangest moments in UK politics since midnight on Friday night, the moment the UK was originally meant to leave the EU. Unfortunately, none of the stories were April Fool’s.

Saturday 6 April 2019

Brexit silver lining for the UK: A more organisationally competent populace

In the aftermath of the British EU referendum of 2016, the UK has developed the strongest and most vibrant pro-European grassroots movement in Europe. From Cornwall for Europe to Highlands for Europe, volunteer-run campaign groups have sprung up and gained strength in the past two years. Millions of Brits have taken action against Brexit, as the Revoke Article 50 petition attests. Brexit has inspired countless of Brits to participate in civic life like never before.

Saturday 30 March 2019

Regions and cities across Europe are increasingly worried about Brexit

What would be the consequences of Brexit for European regions? On March 14 and 15, the 8th European Summit of Regions and Cities was held in Bucharest, with more than 700 local elected representatives taking part in it. While the date and place were chosen to prepare the future informal Council (...)

Wednesday 27 March 2019

Brexit postponed: everything is still possible

After the European Council of 21 March 2019, the fateful date of 29 March, which was originally planned for Brexit, is now gone. The heads of state and government agreed for the British Prime Minister Theresa May to get her extension. But let’s be clear: this has conditions. The EU-27 indeed (...)

Sunday 24 March 2019
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