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After a year and a half of negotiations between the United Kingdom and the European Union a compromise on the text of the Brexit agreement was reached on November 14, 2018. At an Extraordinary Council in Brussels on 25 November 2018, the European Heads of State and Government approved the Treaty on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union as well as the Political declaration on the future relations between the EU and the UK. The agreement has to be ratified by the British Parliament and by the European Parliament in order to enter into force on 29 March 2019.
The regulation of the future relations between the United Kingdom and the European Union is one of the most important issues for the EU. The Robert Schuman Foundation offers a pedagogical dossier presenting the issues that led to the Brexit referendum, the negotiations, as well as the challenges for the future relations between the UK and the EU.

The State of the Union. Schuman Report on Europe

Schuman Report 2019, State of the Union

After Brexit, a more united European Union

Jean-Claude PIRIS

Europe post-Brexit: market integration, monetary policy and the convergence of European economies

Olivier Marty et Michael Yan

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Schuman Report 2018, State of the Union

« Negotiating Brexit »

Jean-Claude PIRIS

« For a frictionless « smart Brexit » »

Jacques Gounon

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State of the Union 2017

“'Brexit means Brexit' but a period of transition would be sensible”

Jean-Claude PIRIS

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State of the Union 2016

The European Union and the United Kingdom - What's next ?

McALLISTER, David (German Member of the European Parliament)

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The State of the Union 2015

The UK and the EU: In or Out?

MENON, Anand (Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at the King's College London)

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The State of the Union 2013

Britain in Europe: neither in nor out ?

DYKES, Hugh (Member of the House of Lords)

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External publications

POINT OF VIEW. Brexit: crisis of the exit in Great Britain

Jean-Dominique GIULIANI

Tribune for Ouest France, November 16, 2018

The UK’s renegotiation: What a fair deal between London and its European partners might look like - (anglais)

Thierry CHOPIN

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), 28 october 2015

Great Britain: out of the dilemma

Thierry CHOPIN, Director of Studies at the Robert Schuman Foundation, Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges and Associate Expert at CERI, and Jean-François JAMET, Specialist in European Economics and Senior Lecturer at Sciences-Po Paris.

Le Figaro, January 24, 2013.

Brexit, the interest of a serene negotiation

Jean-Dominique Giuliani

Tribune for Ouest France, October 17, 2016

“EU’s goal on Brexit talks: Divorce first”

Jean-Claude PIRIS

Interview with David Herszenhorn, Politico, March 2017

“In search of a Brexit transitional deal”

Jean-Claude PIRIS

E!Sharp, Brussels, podcast with Paul Adamson , Jan. 2017

Interview with George Parker “UK faces « catastrophe » without transition deal”

Jean-Claude PIRIS

The Financial Times, Dec. 2016Jean-Claude PIRIS, “Article 50 is not for ever”, The Financial Times, London, oped, Sept. 2016

“Brexit, article 50 and beyond”

Jean-Claude PIRIS

E!Sharp, podcast with Paul Adamson, Brussels, July 2016

“Chapter 6 - Britain Alone! The implications and consequences of UK exit from the EU” (Wolters Kluwer, Netherlands)

Jean-Claude PIRIS

“Which options would be available for the UK in the case of a withdrawal from the EU?” (pages 111 to 137), May 2016

« If the UK votes to leave, the seven alternatives to EU membership »

Jean-Claude PIRIS

Center for European Reform, London, 13p., Jan. 2016

“Brexit is the easy bit”

Jean-Claude PIRIS

The Financial Times, London, oped, Jan. 2016

“Constitutional Pathways: Which constitutional adjustments for the UK”

Jean-Claude PIRIS

European Parliament, Constitutional Affairs Committee. Two documents by JC Piris (before the hearing, Sept. 3rd and after the hearing, Sept. 30th)

“Preventing Brexit: could the Cameron option work: if not, what else?”

Jean-Claude PIRIS

E!Sharp, Brussels, 3 p, Jan. 2015

“Future relations between the UK and the EU”

Jean-Claude PIRIS

European Voice, Brussels, Dec. 2014

“Reform of UK-EU ties possible without new Treaty, says Lawyer; Piris’s Proposals”

Jean-Claude PIRIS

interview with George Parker, London, The Financial Times May 2014

Differentiation as a double-edged sword: member states’ practices and Brexit

Thierry CHOPIN and Christian LEQUESNE

International Affairs, London, May 2016

“Chapter 6 - Britain Alone! The implications and consequences of UK exit from the EU” (Wolters Kluwer, Netherlands)

Jean-Claude PIRIS

“Which options would be available for the UK in the case of a withdrawal from the EU?” (pages 111 to 137), May 2016

The UK’s renegotiation: What a fair deal between London and its European partners might look like

Thierry CHOPIN

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), 28 October 2015

Two Europes

Thierry CHOPIN, Studies Director for the Robert Schuman Foundation, Visiting Professor at the College of Europe of Bruges and Associate Expert at the CERI. O. CRAMME and R. THILLAYE (ed.),Europe in search of a new settlement. EU-UK relations and the politics of integration, Policy Paper, London, February 26th 2013.

David Cameron's European Dilemma

Thierry CHOPIN, Studies Director for the Robert Schuman Foundation, Visiting Professor at the College of Europe of Bruges and Associate Expert at the CERI, and Jean-François JAMET, lecturer in European political economy at Sciences-Po Paris. Project Syndicate, January 18th 2013.

European Issues

Wishful Brexiting - or the complicated transformation of what the British want into reality

QE n°467 - 27/03/2018

Jérôme Gazzano, Andi Mustafaj

Brexit: The transition period

QE n°461 - 06/02/2018

Jean-Claude Piris

Brexit means...? Or the urgency of defining Brexit before the Brexit happens

QE n°452 - 20/11/2017

Jérôme GAZZANO, Andi MUSTAFAJ

Brexit Disillusionment or the Revelation of the Cost of leaving the Union

EI n°432 - 10/05/2017

Jérôme GAZZANO, Andi MUSTAFAJ

“European Union, Brexit, USA: The strategic dimension of the new trade issues”

EI n°427 - 27/03/2017

Karine LISBONNE-DE-VERGERON

Transatlantic Relations after Brexit

EI n°409 - 31/10/2016

Arnault Barichella, graduated from Sciences Po & Oxford (St. Peter's College)

"Hard ou Soft Brexit " ?

EI n°408 - 24/10/2016

Pierre-Alain Coffinier, diplomatic Advisor for the INHESJ

Strategic communications: East and South

QE n°415 - 19/12/2016

Antonio Missiroli, Florence Gaub, Nicu Popescu, John-Joseph Wilkins

After the UK's EU referendum: redefining relations between the two Europes

EI n°399 - 05/07/2016

Thierry Chopin, Head of Research of the Robert Schuman Foundation, Associate Fellow at the CERI‑ Sciences Po and Visiting Fellow at European Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Jean-François Jamet, Lecturer on European and International Economic Policy at Sciences Po.

Brexit, the possibilities of a continent

EI n°398 - 27/06/2016

Jean-Dominique Giuliani

British referendum: what impact on justice and home affairs?

EI n°397 - 20/06/2016

Lecturer at Sciences Po Paris, also at University Paris II and the CELSA-Paris Sorbonne. He is the author of Politiques de l'Union européenne, La Documentation Française, 2013.

What danger is there of contagion in the event of a "Brexit"?

EI n°394 - 30/05/2016

Julien Zalc, TNS Opinion consultant.

The Dutch rejected the Association Treaty between the EU and Ukraine

QE n°388 - 11/04/2016

Corinne Deloy, Pascale Joannin

E(M)U and the United Kingdom: one or several Europe(s)?

EI n°381 - 15/02/2016

Thierry CHOPIN, Claire DARME and Sébastien RICHARD

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Brexit or Britin : is it really colder outside?

EI n°355 BIS - 29/10/2015

Jean-Claude PIRIS, Consultant in EU law and Public International Law.

BREXIT: What Fair Deal between UK and EU Member States?

EI n°368 - 19/10/2015

Louise BORJES - Luis BOUZA GARCIA - Piotr BURAS - Thierry CHOPIN - Sergio FABBRINI - Juha JOKELA - Martin KOOPMANN - Christian LEQUESNE - Anand MENON - Pauline SCHNAPPER - Andrew SCOTT

The 2015 General Election in the United Kingdom

EI n°359 - 01/06/2015

Pauline SCHNAPPER, Professor of Contemporary British Studies at the University - Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle, Member of the Institut Universitaire de France.

Should the UK withdraw from the EU: legal aspects and effects of possible options

EI n°355 - 04/05/2015

Jean-Claude PIRIS, Former General Manager of the Legal Services of the Council

The UK and the EU: In or Out?

EI n°354 - 27/04/2015

Anand MENON. Professor at King's College, London. He also directs the Economic and Social Research Council Programme on the UK in a Changing Europe. He has written on many aspects of contemporary Europe. He is co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of the European Union (OUP, 2012).

What future is there for the United Kingdom in the European Union ?

EI n°254 - 8/10/2012

Pauline SCHNAPPER, Professor of Contemporary British Civilization at the University Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle and member of the Institut Universitaire de France.

The UK and the European Union

EI n°3 - 19/12/2015

Pauline SCHNAPPER, Professor of Contemporary British Civilization at the University Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle and member of the Institut Universitaire de France.

The European Elections Monitor

43 years after their accession Britons decide to leave the European Union

OEE n°1652 23/05/2016

Corinne DELOY

Supporters and adversaries to the UK remaining in the European Union are running neck and neck in the polls just one month before the referendum.

EEM n°1647 - 23/06/2016

Corinne Deloy

The Scottish Referendum

The Scots say NO to independence

OEE - 29/09/2014

Corinne DELOY, Project manager at the CERI and author of the European Election Monitor.

Scotland's probable choice to remain part of the UK will not necessarily mean the end of the road to autonomy

OEE - 25/08/2014

Corinne DELOY, Project manager at the CERI and author of the European Election Monitor.

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