№95: The End of the Beginning? EU-UK Relations 100 Days after Brexit
№95: The End of the Beginning? EU-UK Relations 100 Days after Brexit

Author(s): Przemysław Biskup
Contributor(s): Sławomir Dębski (Editor), Patrycja Sasnal (Editor), Wojciech Lorenz (Editor)
Subject(s): Politics, Economic policy, International relations/trade, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: EU; UK; Brexit; relations; foreign policy;
Summary/Abstract: Signing of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) on 30 December 2020 avoided the most destructive scenario of the end of the transition period following the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU. However, the circumstances of the conclusion of the TCA, as well as its legal structure, indicate the need for further discussions concerning its operationalisation and potential revision in 2025. However, the problems with its implementation in the first quarter of this year combined with the new UK national security strategy of 16 March point to the risk of the rapid disintegration of many existing EU-UK economic and non-economic links. The EU and the UK therefore face the challenge of effectively maintaining cooperation before the first TCA review scheduled for 2025.

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