The European Council has given the formal go-ahead for the Commission to open the Article 50 negotiations with the UK. The Commission’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, has outlined his provisional timetable for the negotiations.
The European Council has given the formal go-ahead for the Commission to open the Article 50 negotiations with the UK. The Commission’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, has outlined his provisional timetable for the negotiations.
The Commission’s new Brexit Council working group will finalise its positions on the key subjects for the first phase of negotiations and send these to the UK ‘very quickly’ after the elections. This first phase will prioritise issues that have been identified as necessary for an orderly withdrawal of the UK, including:
citizens’ rights;
the financial settlement;
the border with the Irish Republic; and
other matters in which there is a risk of legal uncertainty as a consequence of Brexit, including procedures based on EU law and goods already on the market.
The position papers and negotiating documents will then be published.
The Commission aims to organise the first round of negotiations for the week of 19 June, with a view to giving a first report to the European Council on 22–23 June.
Once the European Council deems sufficient progress has been achieved on this first phase, the negotiations will proceed to the second phase, on future relations between the EU and the UK. This should happen at the end of 2017, or early in 2018.
The European Council has given the formal go-ahead for the Commission to open the Article 50 negotiations with the UK. The Commission’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, has outlined his provisional timetable for the negotiations.
The European Council has given the formal go-ahead for the Commission to open the Article 50 negotiations with the UK. The Commission’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, has outlined his provisional timetable for the negotiations.
The Commission’s new Brexit Council working group will finalise its positions on the key subjects for the first phase of negotiations and send these to the UK ‘very quickly’ after the elections. This first phase will prioritise issues that have been identified as necessary for an orderly withdrawal of the UK, including:
citizens’ rights;
the financial settlement;
the border with the Irish Republic; and
other matters in which there is a risk of legal uncertainty as a consequence of Brexit, including procedures based on EU law and goods already on the market.
The position papers and negotiating documents will then be published.
The Commission aims to organise the first round of negotiations for the week of 19 June, with a view to giving a first report to the European Council on 22–23 June.
Once the European Council deems sufficient progress has been achieved on this first phase, the negotiations will proceed to the second phase, on future relations between the EU and the UK. This should happen at the end of 2017, or early in 2018.
