Written by Marcin Grajewski,
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With less than six months to go before the United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union, there is a palpable sense of tension surrounding the Brexit negotiations. At their most recent meeting in Salzburg, Austria, in September, EU leaders in effect rejected British Prime Minister Theresa May’s ‘Chequers’ plan’ for the UK’s future relationship with the EU. The move prompted acrimony among British politicians and jolted the financial markets, fearful of a no-deal Brexit. However, both sides are working hard to make progress in negotiations ahead of the next European Council meeting, on 18 October.
This note offers links to reports and commentaries from some major international think-tanks and research institutes on Brexit negotiations and related issues. More reports on the topic can be found in a previous edition of ‘What Think Tanks are thinking’, published in June 2018.
Brexit brief
Institute of International and European Affairs, September 2018
Digesting the Salzburg summit
Bruegel, September 2018
After Salzburg: Time for realistic UK proposals on the Irish border and future relations
Scottish Centre on European Relations, September 2018
After Salzburg: How to salvage the Brexit negotiations
Centre for European Reform, September 2018
Brexit: Who will blink first?
Carnegie Europe, September 2018
The Brexit endgame: A guide to the parliamentary process of withdrawal from the European Union
A UK in a Changing Europe, September 2018
The UK’s chronic Brexit crisis
Scottish Centre on European Relations, September 2018
Extending the transition period
European Policy Centre, September 2018
The road to nowhere? Prospects for a post-Brexit trade deal
European Policy Centre, September 2018
Le Brexit et la grande lassitude du peuple britannique
Institut Montaigne, September 2018
A guide to Brexit and data flows
Jacques Delors Institute Berlin, September 2018
Brexit: Six months to go
Institute for Government, September 2018
There’s nothing ‘super’ about Boris Johnson’s tired old Brexit ideas
Centre for European Reform, September 2018
Post-Brexit: What could a transformative, values-based EU and UK partnership in Foreign Policy look like?
Foreign Policy Centre, September 2018
Safer together: The United Kingdom and the future of European security and defence
Friends of Europe, September 2018
Brexit and the Irish question IN FOCUS: Part one: Ireland’s slow Road to peace
Wilfried Martens Centre, September 2018
Will Eurosceptics compromise to get Brexit over the line?
Chatham House, September 2018
Is a Brexit deal possible?
Carnegie Europe, September 2018
Negotiating Brexit: Policing and criminal justice
Institute for Government, September 2018
The cost of Brexit to June 2018
Centre for European Reform, September 2018
Do voters still want to leave the EU? How they view the Brexit process two years on
A UK in a Changing Europe, September 2018
Immigration after Brexit
Policy Exchange, September 2018
Cost of no deal revisited
A UK in a Changing Europe, September 2018
LSE blog: Brexit
London School of Economics, September 2018
The long arm of Whitehall post-Brexit: Evidence from the Common Assembly (1952-1956)
DCU Brexit Institute, September 2018
Brexit deadline looms for citizens’ campaign to secure permanent EU citizenship
Polish Institute of International Affairs, September 2018
Criminal justice and police cooperation between the EU and the UK after Brexit: Towards a principled and trust-based partnership
Centre for European Policy Studies, August 2018
Brexit: Beyond the transition
European Policy Centre, August 2018
Autumn surprises: Possible scenarios for the next phase of Brexit
Institute for Government, August 2018
Partnering for democracy: Protecting the democratic order in post-Brexit Europe
Real Instituto Elcano, August 2018
An orderly ‘no deal’ Brexit would still come with costs
Chatham House, August 2018
The Brexit white paper: What does it mean for higher education and research?
A UK in a Changing Europe, August 2018
Labouring toward a new Brexit vote
Carnegie Europe, August 2018
Sustaining Europe’s security trio
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, August 2018
Ten different formulas for Gibraltar post-Brexit
DCU Brexit Institute, July 2018
Brexit: Next steps in UK’s withdrawal from the EU
House of Commons Library, 2018
Read this briefing on ‘Brexit negotiations‘ on the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.
Written by Magdalena Pasikowska-Schnass (1st edition),
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Having considered the possibility of merging the Creative Europe programme with other programmes supporting European values, rights and justice, the European Commission has decided to continue the Creative Europe programme as a stand-alone programme and increase its budget by 17 %. The only programme focusing exclusively cultural and creative activities and enterprises, it falls under the ‘Cohesion and values’ heading of the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework.
The existing programme focuses on the economic dimension of the cultural sector and its contribution to job creation and economic growth. Some stakeholders have voiced concern at taking such a strongly economic approach to culture. Under proposed programme, the economic dimension is one axis alongside the social dimension, and culture’s contribution to international relations. The proposed framework for cultural policy therefore highlights not only the economic dimension of the cultural and creative sectors, but also the role of culture in social cohesion and its relation to creative and artistic freedom and diversity, and freedom and plurality of media.
Versions
Bogdan Brunon Wenta (EPP, Poland)
Rupert Matthews (ECR, UK)
Mircea Diaconu (ALDE, Romania)
Martina Michels (GUE/NGL, Germany)
Helga Trüpel (Greens/EFA, Germany)
Isabella Adinolfi (EFDD, Italy)
Dominique Bilde (ENF, France)
Ordinary legislative procedure (COD) (Parliament and Council on equal footing – formerly ‘co-decision’)
Next steps expected:
Publication of draft report