Brexit Roundup: Where Are We Heading?

Summary:

This report features 15 contributors, covering topics from environment to devolution to trade to Scottish independence. It charts a rocky path ahead of any possible Brexit deal in the autumn of 2018 - and the crucial question of whether such a deal would be accepted in Westminster or face a further referendum vote on accepting it.

Table of Contents:

• Overview: UK Politics Adrift over Brexit | Kirsty Hughes
• Part I | Key Issues as Brexit Talks Move On
  • The Next Phase of Brexit Negotiations: The Economic Issues | Anton Muscatelli
  • Trade Deals for the UK after Brexit Will Not Be Easy – Comments on the Senior European Experts Report on UK Trade Policy after Brexit | David Martin
  • Avoiding a Hard Irish Border: Time to Move from Magical Thinking to Specific Solutions | Katy Hayward
  • Brexit, Free Movement and the Limits of EU Citizenship | Niamh Nic Shuibhne
  • Transition Cannot Be Taken For Granted | Danuta Hübner
  • Over the Transition Hurdle? | Fabian Zuleeg
  • Human Rights and the Draft Withdrawal Agreement | Nicole Busby
• Part II | Brexit, the UK and Scotland – Political and Policy Challenges
  • Brexit and the Environment: Challenges Lying Ahead | Annalisa Savaresi
  • Brexit Creates Uncertain Future for Scotland and Devolution | Anthony Salamone
  • Migration Policy Unclear as Brexit Nears | Sarah Kyambi
  • Scottish Independence: Sturgeon Is Between a Rock and a Hard Brexit | Iain Macwhirter
  • The Scottish Conservatives and the Brexit Challenge | David Torrance
• Part III. EU Priorities beyond Brexit
  • Brexit Is Distracting the EU – and UK – from Its Bigger Problems | Giles Merritt
  • Finland Focuses on Its Northern Partners as Brexit Takes the UK out of ‘Northern Lights’ Grouping | Juha Jokela

Commentary and Analysis

SCER: Comment, 16/40/2018: Brexit Roundup: Overview – UK Politics Adrift https://www.scer.scot/database/ident-5615

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