Another chapter in history written yesterday. The thriller continues with a new episode today. 16 days to hard no-deal Brexit. Sky News is today wroting the PM May hasn’t goven up andbthat she, after the vote in the House today on no-deal today – is planning for a third Meaningful Vote. You can read …
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Don’t miss the very interesting interim report from the UK Parliament, House of Commons Northern Ireland Affairs Committee. I gave evidence to the Committee in a hearing as one of two invited Customs experts. The expert was Dutch Broker Hans Massens. In the executive summary of the report the Committee writes: “The Committee has …
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UK PM Theresa May and EU President Jean-Claude Juncker presented late tonight the new deal. Two entirely new documents, a legally binding mechanism about the backstop (1), changes to the Political Statement and a Joint Statement (2). Even though the Witdrawal Agreement have not been changed. Will this make the House of Commons approve …
Today it is seventeen days to Brexit and one day to the second Meaningful Vote in the UK Parliament, House of Commons about the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement (WA). It is time for the verdict. There will have to be an announcement worhon the following thirty-six hours from UK-EU about a modifed solution for the …
Yesterday I visited Manama in Bahrain. It was a great dtay with excellent meetings. Manama had change a lot since my last visit in 2008. I and my colleagues from the region had several important meetings with Government and private sector regarding customs, smart borders, AEO/Trusted Traders and security/facilitation. His Excellency Customs President Shaikh …
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Two leading Brexiteers have said any delay to Brexit would do “incalculable” harm to public trust in politics. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Tory MP Steve Baker and the DUP’s Nigel Dodds said the “extended uncertainty” would be a “political calamity”. On Tuesday, Theresa May will again ask MPs to back her Brexit deal, …
The House of Commons Northern Ireland Affairs Committee has just published their interim report. It is very interesting reading, so don’t miss it. I was invited to London to give evidence and to answer questions in front of the committee primarily about my report Smart Borders 2.0, which I was commissioned by the European …
Theresa May said yesterday: “European leaders tell me they worry that time is running out and that we only have one chance to get it right. My message to them is: now is the moment for us to act.” Michel Barnier answered in a statement on Twitter, It is extremely important that we will …
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The PM insists she remains determined to secure legally-binding changes to her deal: Theresa May will tell the EU it “has to make a choice” on Brexit as she continues a last-ditch effort to win concessions over her withdrawal agreement. The prime minister will use a speech on Friday to insist she remains determined …
I am Member of Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with Skånes Fotbollförbund, Malmö FF are based at Stadion in Malmö. The club have won the most Swedish championship titles, twenty, a …
Brexit secretary confirms only 43 of 161 agreements seen as essential have been rolled over. The UK will have replicated less than half the international agreements the EU has in place with other countries by Brexit day, the government has confirmed. Just 43 of the 161 international treaties and agreements currently in place, including …
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At the moment, lorry drivers in the UK wanting to deliver to the EU need to have a community licence, which is a document issued by UK authorities that allows them to operate there. That’s important because about 3.5 million road goods vehicles travel from Britain to Europe each year . If Theresa May’s …
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Most sources says, EU thinks there is still some way to go. One week away from the next Meaningful vote (12 February) and 22 days before Brexit. Will there be a new proposal on the Irish Backstop? I think there will be. But it is not an easy process. Brexit negotiations “have been difficult” …
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It is twenty-two days to Brexit. One week to the next Meaningful Vote.
Deal or no deal? With the prospect of Britain leaving the European Union without a deal, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), which collects taxes to pay for the nation’s public services, is “urging” business owners across the country to prepare now and “consider three steps” to ensure they can continue to trade with the …
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Over two days we have had our daily KGH Global Consulting Management Team meeting in our UK Office in Reading. A lot of Brexit planning on the agenda. We have also discussed a number of new exiting services that we will be the first to provide for the market. We have a great management …
To be a capacity builder you need to travel. If you are a Senior Advisor on Customs, Trade and Borders, you need to be where the clients are – at the borders of our world. For the moment it means a lot of travel to United Kingdom due to Brexit. I basically visit UK …
According to Sky News this morning, Caroline Flint, whose constituency voted Leave in 2016, says the party’s MPs should be given a free vote on the issue. Labour whips will order its MPs to back the party’s bid for a second Brexit referendum, John McDonnell has hinted, amid warnings up to 70 of them …
The Sunday Times today writes that Tory Brexiteers have delivered peace terms to Theresa May, outlining the price she must pay to secure their support for her Brexit deal in the crunch Commons showdown within days. The European Research Group (ERG) of hardliners, led by Jacob Rees-Mogg, have drawn up “three tests” the government …
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