Issues in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum

Trade experts questioned on UK-EU relationship on professional and business services

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Wednesday, June 3, 2020

What role do small and medium-sized enterprises play in the UK's professional and business services sectors?

Key Points: 
  • What role do small and medium-sized enterprises play in the UK's professional and business services sectors?
  • How important are EU markets to the UK's different professional and business services sectors?
  • What role, if any, has EU membership played in supporting trade in professional and business services between the UK and EU Member States?
  • What are the main trade barriers that UK professional and business services providers risk facing in the absence of a UK-EU agreement covering services?

Trade experts questioned on UK-EU relationship on professional and business services

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, June 3, 2020

What role do small and medium-sized enterprises play in the UK's professional and business services sectors?

Key Points: 
  • What role do small and medium-sized enterprises play in the UK's professional and business services sectors?
  • How important are EU markets to the UK's different professional and business services sectors?
  • What role, if any, has EU membership played in supporting trade in professional and business services between the UK and EU Member States?
  • What are the main trade barriers that UK professional and business services providers risk facing in the absence of a UK-EU agreement covering services?

Committee seeks urgent update on progress of UK-EU security negotiations

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Saturday, May 16, 2020

The Chair of the EU Security and Justice Sub-Committee, Lord Ricketts, has written to the Home Secretary asking her to meet with the Committee to provide an update on the progress of the UK-EU future relationship negotiations in respect of key justice and security matters.

Key Points: 
  • The Chair of the EU Security and Justice Sub-Committee, Lord Ricketts, has written to the Home Secretary asking her to meet with the Committee to provide an update on the progress of the UK-EU future relationship negotiations in respect of key justice and security matters.
  • The UK has cooperated closely with its EU partners across a wide range of security and justice instruments to help protect the safety of the citizens of all countries involved.
  • For example, in 2019 UK law enforcement officers accessed the Schengen Information System (SIS II), a database of 'real-time' alerts about individuals and objects of interest to EU law enforcement officers, 603 million times.
  • The Committee is therefore seeking an urgent update from the Home Secretary on the progress of the negotiations and an explanation of the measures in place to mitigate the consequences of no deal on these vital issues.

Committee seeks urgent update on progress of UK-EU security negotiations

Retrieved on: 
Saturday, May 16, 2020

The Chair of the EU Security and Justice Sub-Committee, Lord Ricketts, has written to the Home Secretary asking her to meet with the Committee to provide an update on the progress of the UK-EU future relationship negotiations in respect of key justice and security matters.

Key Points: 
  • The Chair of the EU Security and Justice Sub-Committee, Lord Ricketts, has written to the Home Secretary asking her to meet with the Committee to provide an update on the progress of the UK-EU future relationship negotiations in respect of key justice and security matters.
  • The UK has cooperated closely with its EU partners across a wide range of security and justice instruments to help protect the safety of the citizens of all countries involved.
  • For example, in 2019 UK law enforcement officers accessed the Schengen Information System (SIS II), a database of 'real-time' alerts about individuals and objects of interest to EU law enforcement officers, 603 million times.
  • The Committee is therefore seeking an urgent update from the Home Secretary on the progress of the negotiations and an explanation of the measures in place to mitigate the consequences of no deal on these vital issues.

Article - Voting in European elections (video)

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Friday, November 29, 2019

Elections for the European Parliament take place every five years.

Key Points: 

Elections for the European Parliament take place every five years.
All EU citizens aged 18 and over - 16 in some countries - can choose who represents them in the Parliament.
Make sure you are registered to vote. You can vote in your home country, or if you live elsewhere in the EU, you can vote there. It's up to you. Find out more by watching our video.

Post-Brexit rights of UK citizens living in EU concerns Committee

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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

In the letter, the Committee ask the Minister to commit to:

Key Points: 
  • In the letter, the Committee ask the Minister to commit to:
    An indefinite right for UK citizens and their families to return to the UK in future;
    Continued funding for healthcare until any post-Brexit agreement is reached; and
    Uprating the pensions of UK nationals living in the EU for as long as they continue to live there.
  • They could not possibly have predicted that the UK would vote to leave the EU and that their rights to access these benefits would consequently be under threat.
  • We understand that there is a limit to what the UK Government can do; if the UK leaves the EU then, of course, UK citizens are no longer entitled to the benefits of EU membership.
  • But there are steps the Government can take to mitigate the impact on those UK citizens who find themselves in this unfortunate position.

Post-Brexit rights of UK citizens living in EU concerns Committee

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, October 30, 2019

In the letter, the Committee ask the Minister to commit to:

Key Points: 
  • In the letter, the Committee ask the Minister to commit to:
    An indefinite right for UK citizens and their families to return to the UK in future;
    Continued funding for healthcare until any post-Brexit agreement is reached; and
    Uprating the pensions of UK nationals living in the EU for as long as they continue to live there.
  • They could not possibly have predicted that the UK would vote to leave the EU and that their rights to access these benefits would consequently be under threat.
  • We understand that there is a limit to what the UK Government can do; if the UK leaves the EU then, of course, UK citizens are no longer entitled to the benefits of EU membership.
  • But there are steps the Government can take to mitigate the impact on those UK citizens who find themselves in this unfortunate position.

Article - How to manage globalisation: EU responses

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Wednesday, September 25, 2019

The benefits of globalisation in the EU

Key Points: 
  • The benefits of globalisation in the EU

    The EU is one of the largest players in international trade, next to the US and China, with EU exports representing more than 15% of global exports.

  • More than 36 million jobs in the EU depend on exports beyond its borders.
  • On average, every 1 billion exports to non-EU countries supports more than 13,000 EU jobs.
  • To reduce this negative impact of globalisation, the EU created the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in 2006.