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Topic for November - The Proposed Brexit Agreement
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Given the tabling of the Proposed Brexit Agreement, we changed our plans to discuss this subject. Below is the agenda we followed and which you may wish to use as an input for your own discussions.
The Proposed Brexit Deal
Background
The documents related to the deal can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/progress-on-the-uks-exit-from-and-future-relationship-with-the-european-union
I recommend at the very least reading the 26 page Future Relationship document (which supersedes the initial 7 page document).
If you are really keen there is an explanation of the withdrawal agreement (only 56 pages as opposed to the 580 of actual agreement) at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/withdrawal-agreement-explainer-and-technical-explanatory-note-on-articles-6-8-on-the-northern-ireland-protocol.
The ERG case against the withdrawal agreement is at http://2mbg6fgb1kl380gtk22pbxgw-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ERGYourRightToKnow.pdf
The Commons ‘Exiting the European Union Committee’ examining the Brexit agreement on Parliament TV at https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/exiting-the-european-union-committee/news-parliament-2017/withdrawal-agreement-evidence-17-19/
Agenda
Objective
Leaving aside our emotions as to how we got here and what we think of the negotiations, we need to take a factual look at what’s on the table, whether it’s acceptable as it is, whether a few changes would make it acceptable, or whether there is a better alternative path.
The Facts
Factually what we understand the combined Withdrawal Agreement and the Future Relationship mean for:
Freedom of Movement
Sovereignty
Role of European Court of Justice
Trade in Goods, Financial Services, other Services, Fisheries, Agriculture
Northern Ireland
The Future Relationship
Is this document acceptable? Are there additions or clarifications that might make it so?
The Withdrawal Agreement
Is this acceptable? How does it affect our negotiating position going forward?
Conclusions
Can we as a group reach any conclusions?
This post was edited by Tony Clack at November 23, 2018 9:57 AM GMT -
The output from Pie and Pint Meeting 21 on the Proposed Brexit Deal is available at http://www.probably42.net/documents/2/49/the-proposed-brexit-agreement-output-from-pie-and-pint-meeting-21
The group discussing it consisted of 5 people who voted to stay in the EU and 3 who voted to leave. Apart from the detail of the discussion what was particularly fascinating was the way each member of the group would vote on the proposed deal and how this would change in two possible scenarios.
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A further meeting held on 19th December 2018 took this further. Output at http://www.probably42.net/documents/2/51/proposed-brexit-deal-round-2-output-from-pie-and-pint-meeting-22