19 09, 2023

VIDEO: Brexit and its risks for the City of London

By |2023-09-19T15:05:21+00:00September 19th, 2023|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Trade, Trade & Financial services, Video|Tags: , , , |

In this Federal Trust video, our Council member Graham Bishop describes the growing risks to the City of London from Brexit. He contrasts the methodical approach of the European Union to building its Capital and Banking Union with the confused rhetoric of the British government. He concludes by warning that [...]

7 09, 2023

VIDEO: Join the Euro, Rejoin the EU

By |2023-09-07T18:30:24+00:00September 7th, 2023|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Video|Tags: , , , , |

In this video, our Director Brendan Donnelly and Chairman John Stevens argue that membership of the euro will be necessary to sustain the UK’s re-entry into the European Union after Brexit. They recognise that political leadership will be necessary for such a radical step to come about.  But they also argue [...]

1 08, 2023

VIDEO: Will Brexit Split the Labour Party?

By |2023-08-01T14:58:51+00:00August 1st, 2023|Categories: Brexit, Climate Change, Europe, Video|Tags: , , , , |

In this  Federal Trust video John Palmer and Brendan Donnelly review the state of the Conservative and Labour Parties after last week's by-elections. They conclude that both parties face challenges to their traditional identities. If Labour win the next General Election, the European issue will be a particular bone of [...]

14 06, 2023

VIDEO: Johnson, Sunak and Brexit: A Trio From Hell

By |2023-06-14T14:44:22+00:00June 14th, 2023|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Video|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

In this video, our Chairman John Stevens and Director Brendan Donnelly discuss the disruptive and divisive consequences of Brexit for the Conservative Party. This division is now crystallised in the personal and political conflict between Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson. At present Johnson seems largely motivated by personal resentments. It [...]

1 06, 2023

VIDEO: Brexit – Bad for Trade and Bad for Investment

By |2023-06-01T16:11:42+00:00June 1st, 2023|Categories: Blog, Brexit, Europe, Trade, Video|Tags: , , , |

In this Federal Trust video our Director Brendan Donnelly and Council Member David Gow discuss the economic effects of Brexit. They conclude that these effects, which are already damaging the British economy, are likely to worsen with time. Popular pressure will soon begin to mount for the UK to rejoin [...]

5 05, 2023

The EU Chips Act: A “Game Changer” For Europe May Be Game Over for Brexit

By |2023-05-05T15:21:57+00:00May 5th, 2023|Categories: Brexit, EU Policies & Institutions, Europe, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , , , , , |

The European Union’s (EU) Chips Act was agreed in principle at the end of April 2023 by the EU’s main political bodies.  The proposed legislation, described by European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, as a “game changer”, commits €43 billion in financial subsidies towards expanding the bloc’s semiconductor industry. [...]

28 04, 2023

VIDEO: Is Brexit Being Sabotaged?

By |2023-04-28T15:45:15+00:00April 28th, 2023|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Video|Tags: , , , , , , , |

In this  Federal Trust video, our Director Brendan Donnelly argues that Dominic Raab is a perfect symbol for Brexit. Despite evidence to the contrary, he does not want to be held accountable for his own past errors; and he claims to be a victim of saboteurs who have undermined him. [...]

30 03, 2023

The Stormont Brake Has Been Passed Yet The Break in UK-EU Relations May be Irreparable

By |2023-03-30T15:09:29+00:00March 30th, 2023|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Trade, Trade & Financial services, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , , , , |

Following recent protracted post-Brexit negotiations on the Northern Ireland Protocol (the Protocol), there persists an underlying crisis of mistrust between the United Kingdom government and the European Union.  This is in spite of the UK Parliament passing the arduously negotiated Stormont Brake provisions of the UK-EU Windsor Framework on Wednesday, [...]

27 02, 2023

VIDEO: Brexit – Bad for the UK, bad for Ireland

By |2023-02-27T10:33:10+00:00February 27th, 2023|Categories: Brexit, Devolution, Europe, UK Constitution, Video|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

In this Federal Trust video, the Trust’s Director Brendan Donnelly argues that the current negotiations about the Northern Ireland Protocol reflect many of Brexit’s underlying flaws. The problems Brexit would cause for Ireland were foreseeable and foreseen. The Protocol attempts to wrestle with some of these problems. There is however [...]

7 02, 2023

New EU Machinery Regulation Poses Challenges and Benefits for UK Machinery Exporters to the Single Market

By |2023-02-07T14:45:22+00:00February 7th, 2023|Categories: Brexit, Europe, Trade & Financial services, Views from the Federal Trust|Tags: , , , , , , |

By Andrew Hood and Peter Sellar, Fieldfisher LLP and Bob Savic, Federal Trust Divergence risks grow in post-Brexit EU and UK machinery standards The European Union’s new Machinery Regulation, approved by the EU Council of Ministers and the European Parliament in late January 2023, extensively revises the 2006 Machinery Directive.  [...]

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