PM Brexit negotiations statement: 21 September 2018

United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May gave an update on the Brexit negotiations to the House of Commons on the 21 September 2018. This followed the Informal meeting of EU heads of state or government in Salzburg on the 19-20 September 2018, which Theresa May had attended.

Background information

The ongoing negotiations between the European Union and the United Kingdom for the UK to leave the EU were progressing slowly during 2018 with key sticking points relating to:

+ Northern Ireland/Ireland
+ Future relationship
+ Withdrawal Agreement

In Salzburg Theresa May continued to campaign for a future EU-UK relationship based upon the proposals in the White Paper. The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union of July 2018.

However, the EU27 countries made it clear that the proposals in the White Paper were not acceptable.

• Primary Source

LSE Brexit: Blog, 24.09.18: ay’s Brexit luck looks like running out at Westminster this autumn http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2018/09/24/mays-brexit-luck-looks-like-running-out-at-westminster-this-autumn/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

UK in a Changing Europe: Blog, 26.09.18: EU and Theresa May share the same goal: self protection http://ukandeu.ac.uk/eu-and-theresa-may-share-the-same-goal-self-protection/

UK in a Changing Europe: Blog, 22.09.18: The EU might come to regret weakening Theresa May at this crucial Brexit juncture http://ukandeu.ac.uk/the-eu-might-come-to-regret-weakening-theresa-may-at-this-crucial-brexit-juncture/

Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 27.09.18: Judy Asks: Is a Brexit Deal Possible? https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/77355?lang=en

Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 25.09.18: Brexit: Who Will Blink First? https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/77328?lang=en

Euro|Topics, September 2018: Why have the Brexit fronts hardened? https://www.eurotopics.net/en/206800/why-have-the-brexit-fronts-hardened

Politico, 20.09.18: Donald Tusk: UK Brexit plan ‘will not work’ https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-tusk-uk-brexit-chequers-theresa-may-plan-will-not-work/

The Conversation, 20.09.18: Chequers plan: why Theresa May’s Brexit blueprint is not quite dead https://theconversation.com/chequers-plan-why-theresa-mays-brexit-blueprint-is-not-quite-dead-103642

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