Post-Brexit UK-EU relations inquiry launch

The United Kingdom's House of Lords EU Select Committee launched in March 2018 a short inquiry into the future UK-EU relationship.

Background information

During March 2018 the UK Government, the European Council and the European Parliament set out their initial positions on the nature of the post-Brexit future UK-EU relationship:

+ The UK Prime Minister’s Mansion House speech of 2 March 2018, supplemented by her speech at the Munich Security Conference on 17 February 2018, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s HSBC speech on financial services on 7 March.

+ The European Council guidelines, published on 7 March 2018 and agreed at the 23 March European Council (EU 27) meeting.

+ The European Parliament resolution on the framework of the future EU-UK relationship, also published on 7 March 2018, and adopted by the European Parliament on 14 March 2018.

Issues to be considered

The Committee's inquiry on the future UK-EU relationship would consider:

+ What areas should be covered in the framework for future relations, to be agreed in October 2018?
+ How much detail would it be possible to include in this framework?
+ How compatible were the visions for a future relationship set out by the UK Government, European Council and European Parliament?
+ What were the main areas of agreement?
+ What were the main areas of disagreement, and how could these be resolved?
+ Are elements missing from any or all of these documents?

Further information

Separately, the National Assembly for Wales: External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee, carried out an inquiry into Wales’ future relationship with Europe. A Part 1 report was published in March 2018.

• Primary Source

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

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