Blog – Brexit Institute

Rule of Law in EU’s Asylum Policy in front of The ECJ

July 2, 2020

Introduction In a recent judgment, the CJEU confirmed that Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic breached European Union law (EU law) by not implementing two Council Decisions (here and here; discussed in detail here)…

A Hamiltonian Moment?

June 25, 2020

Giovanni Zaccaroni

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Rory Montgomery (former Ireland’s Permanent Representative to the EU) The scale of the economic challenge now facing the EU and its Member States is enormous. An unprecedentedly ambitious recovery plan…

Post Brexit Challenges for Criminal Justice Co-operation

June 23, 2020

Giovanni Zaccaroni

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Valsamis Mitsilegas (QMUL) Developing a partnership on security and criminal justice co-operation is a key priority for both the UK and the EU after Brexit. That much is evident from…

(Transatlantic) Oceans Apart? The State of the Current EU-US & UK-US Trade Negotiations

June 18, 2020

Giovanni Zaccaroni

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Elaine Fahey (City, University of London) At the time of writing, it seems apparent that EU-US trade negotiations have broken down in advance of the November US elections. The US…

The Future of EU-UK Relations after the High Level Conference

June 17, 2020

Giovanni Zaccaroni

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Ferdinando Nelli Feroci (former Permanent Representative of Italy to the EU) In their virtual meeting of June 15th, the leaders of the EU institutions and the British Prime Minister acknowledged…

Ireland’s Programme for Government

June 17, 2020

Giovanni Zaccaroni

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Gary Murphy (DCU) Eighteen weeks after the Irish general election a new government is now in sight. Given that the two main parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, which have…

Brexit High-Level Meeting: Oomph Will not be Enough

June 16, 2020

Giovanni Zaccaroni

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Bobby McDonagh (former Permanent Representative of Ireland to the EU) Yesterday’s high-level Brexit meeting between Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen and her colleagues was perfunctory in length and…

Event Report: Brexit, Covid-19 and the Transition Period

June 12, 2020

Giovanni Zaccaroni

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On Thursday 11th June 2020 the DCU Brexit Institute hosted a webinar on ‘Brexit, Covid-19 and the Transition Period’. The event was opened by a keynote speech by Stefaan De…

Amid a Global Emergency, No Apparent Urgency to Conclude the Future EU-UK Agreement

June 9, 2020

Giovanni Zaccaroni

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Joelle Grogan (Middlesex University) Amidst a global pandemic, the latest rounds of Brexit negotiations on a Future UK-EU Relationship Agreement have had little attention and less scrutiny. There are far…

Recovery Fund: Reasons to be Cheerful

June 7, 2020

Giovanni Zaccaroni

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Jonathan Faull (Brunswick Group) There is a well-established tendency in EU circles, in Brussels anyway, to hear voices and see signs suggesting that the fabled Franco-German machine is sputtering into…