Heads of the EU institutions and Chinese President Xi Jinping convened for a high-level online meeting yesterday. The gathering replaced the initially envisaged EU-China summit, for which German Chancellor Angela Merkel had intended to bring all 27 member-state leaders, the Brussels institutions, and their Chinese guests together in the city of Leipzig.… Read the rest
Carsten Nickel is a Managing Director with Teneo. Following stints in Berlin and Brussels, Carsten is based in London where he co-launched Teneo’s political risk advisory service in 2013.
He covers Western Europe, with a focus on Brexit, the EU institutions and Germany.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has presented his plan for jobs, the second part of the government’s set of economic measures to fight the impact of the pandemic, in the Commons today. The first stage of GBP 160bn had been designed to help the UK economy through the virus-inflicted hibernation period, mainly via increased spending on the national health service and a far-reaching (by UK standards) furlough scheme.… Read the rest
At an emergency meeting of the Brexit joint committee, the EU has handed an ultimatum to the UK. Either the government amends its UK internal market bill which is deemed – by both sides – to be in breach of the international law created by the withdrawal agreement; or Brussels will reconsider the currently still ongoing future relationship talks.… Read the rest
n the future-relationship talks continuing this week, the atmosphere between both sides is at a new low after the UK has begun to contemplate no-deal again publicly. The government has also questioned its own willingness to comply with the existing withdrawal agreement.… Read the rest
Following a rather short summer break, EU-UK trade talks will resume next week. Despite some negative noise, a deal remains possible, but as at previous iterations of the Brexit saga, an agreement should probably be expected closer to the deadline.… Read the rest
