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UK Announces Plans for "Settled Status" of EU Citizens
January 05, 2018
The Guardian reports that UK Minister of State for Immigration Brandon Lewis has announced UK plans to permit EU citizens who have resided in Britain continuously for five years and wish to stay in the country after Brexit to apply for "settled status" by paying a fee and submitting to a criminal background check.
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Howe: "Closed" EU Trade Deal Could Hurt Britain
January 05, 2018
British barrister Martin Howe QC writes that a free trade deal with the EU will not help the British economy if it requires the UK to retain such close regulatory convergence with the bloc that it shuts out possibilities of trade deals with other global economies.
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Polish PM Aims to "Re-Christianize" EU
January 05, 2018
Bloomberg reports that, prior to his recent assumption of the role of Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki said he would work to "re-Christianize the EU" and that he would "help the West with proper values" hours after his government pushed through reforms to the country's judiciary opposed by the European Commission.
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UK Official Seeks Same Trade Status with EU After Brexit
January 05, 2018
In a recent interview, the UK's International Trade Secretary Liam Fox said he hoped the UK and the EU would strike a "full and comprehensive agreement on trade that’s as close to what we have today as possible," raising questions about the extent to which relations between the jurisdictions would change following Brexit.
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EU Identifies Military Cooperation Projects
January 05, 2018
Politico reports that foreign ministers from EU member states have revealed 17 projects on which they plan to cooperate as part of a new military coordination pact among EU members known as Pesco, including EU-wide projects on "training, capability development and operational readiness."
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