Following Jane Golding’s oral evidence to the House of Lords EU committee, follow-up evidence on the effect of No Deal has been submitted to the inquiry.
Read in full the House of Lords Written Evidence Continue reading Written Evidence for House of Lords Committee
There is a serious risk of a political stitch-up in December, where progress falling well short of protecting our rights is certified by the EU to be “sufficient”, just so that the sides can move on to discussing trade. If that happens and Citizens Rights are discussed in parallel with trade and other matters, we will be bargaining chips in the full sense of that term. So it is vital to avoid that, and for the same reasons any agreement which is made now must be ring-fenced to prevent it being revisited as part of the trade negotiations. Continue reading Review of Negotiations to date
Read the first of the British in Europe newsletters. We hope to produce these at least once a month or more if progress requires.
We are in the process of setting up a mailing list and will share how to join as soon as it is ready. Continue reading BiE Newsletter: 16 Oct 17
Joint response to round 4 of the Brexit negotiations by British in Europe and the3million.
Continue reading Response to Round 4 negotiations
Click here to see the British in Europe coalition’s response to the Prime Minister’s speech in Florence 22,09.17
Click here to see British in Europe’s letter to the Prime Minister
Response of British in Europe and the3million to the third round of negotiations.
Published on 6 September 2017
Executive Summary Continue reading Response to 3rd Round
On 22 August 2017 we published an Addendum to our main response to round 2, focusing particularly in our serious concerns on the EU position on freedom of movement for UK citizens in the EU, including the potential impact of this on cross-border working. Continue reading Addendum to 2nd Round Response
Published on 2 August 2017 following the second round of negotiations between the UK and EU. Round 1 was a fact finding mission only so no negotiations were undertaken.
On 1 July 2017 BiE and the3million published a joint response to the UK proposals on citizens’ rights. Continue reading Response to UK Safeguarding proposal
On 8 May 2017, British in Europe and the3million published our comments on the Negotiating Guidelines plus the Commission Recommendation and directives that were adopted by the European Council on 29th April. It is worth noting that our most serious reservation was the lack of any proposal to ring-fence the agreement on citizens’ rights – an omission which still has not been addressed.