Full Description
This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the new framework of relationship between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) applicable since 1st January 2021, following the end of the Brexit transition period and the entry into force of the EU-UK Trade & Cooperation Agreement (TCA), concluded on Christmas Eve 2020. The book contextualizes the new framework of EU-UK relations, including the ongoing challenges of implementing the Withdrawal Agreement (WA), and sheds light on the new mechanisms for EU-UK cooperation both in the economic domain including free movement of goods, financial services, and mobility of persons, and in the security domain including law enforcement, defence, and data protection. The work underlines the profound differences between the new status quo compared to the legal framework applicable when the UK was still an EU member state including end of free movement of persons, financial passporting, and cooperation in foreign affairs and defence, and reflects on what the latest stage in the Brexit process means for governance, sovereignty, and the future of European integration.
Contents
Foreword by David Sassoli (President of the European Parliament)
1: Federico Fabbrini: Introduction
Part I: The Context
2: Michael Cox: Brexit and British Decline in International Affairs
3: Dagmar Schiek: Brexit and the Implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement
4: John Doyle & Eileen Connolly: Brexit and the Peace Process in Northern Ireland
Part II: Economic Relations
5: Giorgio Sacerdoti & Paola Mariani: Trade in Goods
6: Niamh Moloney: Trade in Services
7: Catherine Barnard & Emilija Leinarte: Mobility of Persons
Part III: Security Relations
8: Oliver Garner: Justice and Home Affairs
9: Ben Tonra: Defense and Foreign Affairs
10: Edoardo Celeste: Data Protection
Part IV: The Prospects
11: Nicolas Levrat: Governance
12: Brigid Laffan: Sovereignty
13: Federico Fabbrini: Integration
