The EU Deal

The United Kindom Prime Minister’s renegotiation deal on the UK’s European Union membership agreed at the European Council, Brussels, 18-19 February 2016 is a package of changes to EU rules.

There’s been a great deal of speculation about whether the changes in the EU deal are significant and, separately, whether the deal itself will stick.

As these are first and foremost legal questions, Full Fact asked impartial legal experts from leading universities to answer them.

The following questions are answered:

+ Explaining the EU deal: an introduction
+ Explaining the EU deal: the ‘emergency brake’
+ Explaining the EU deal: the 'red card'
+ Explaining the EU deal: deporting EU immigrants
+ Explaining the EU deal: child benefit
+ Explaining the EU deal: an 'ever closer union'
+ Explaining the EU deal: the UK and the eurozone
+ Explaining the EU deal: is it legally binding?
+ Explaining the EU deal: limiting residence rights for family members

• Primary Source

Full Fact: More information on Europe https://fullfact.org/europe/

ESO: Background information: A new settlement for the United Kingdom in the EU http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-council-brussels-18-19-february-2016-a-new-settlement-for-the-united-kingdom-in-the-eu/

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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