Publications

'UK-EU: What next?' (July 2024) In European diplomacy as in other areas, the UK’s new government has hit the ground running. Early ministerial visits to European capitals and the prime minister’s meetings with EU leaders, signalled Keir Starmer’s intent to begin a new chapter in the UK’s relations with its neighbours.

'The UK and its Neighbours: views across Europe' (June 2024) Eight years after the UK voted to leave the European Union and on the eve of elections in the UK, this new report books at relations between the UK and its neighbours. Experts from across Europe reflect on the impact of Brexit on perceptions of the UK, how bilateral relations have developed since 2020, and what, if anything, might change after the UK elections in July 2024. 'Living with the Neighbours Observatory' report

How does the EU organise and manage its relationship with the UK post-Brexit? (October 2023), UK in a Changing Europe Explainer, Cleo Davies and Hussein Kassim.

Blog: The UK Finally Joins Horizon Europe: Better late than never (September 2023), DCU Brexit Institute. Cleo Davies explains how the UK's participation in EU Programmes got caught up in the 'politics of Brexit'.

Davies, C. (2023) The Impact of Brexit: polity, politics, policy, Journal of European Integration, 45:6, 963-969

Comment: Encompass online magazine - Apr 2023 - 'What strategy for the UK’s bilaterals with EU member states?' Reflects on what the bilateral agreements between the UK and EU member states since Brexit mean for UK relations with its neighbours.

'UK Bilaterals with EU member states since Brexit​', April 2023 Working Document. Gives a provisional assessment of the multiple bilateral declarations and statements that the UK has signed with EU member states since it left the EU.

Blog: 'Family Law and the Brexit negotiations', UKICE Commentary, 14 April 2023. Cleo Davies explores the implications of Brexit for cross-border family law matters.

Davies. C (2023) 'Negotiating the future: Understanding the absence of an agreement on civil justice cooperation in family law', UKICE working paper 04/2023.

Blog: 'Coming in from the cold: UK-EU relations January-March 2023', UKICE Commentary, 28 March 2023, Sophie Stowers and Cleo Davies. This blog summarises the first edition of the UKICE UK-EU relations tracker (see list of publications).

Blog: 'Beyond the Windsor Framework: What’s next for the UK’s relations with its neighbours?' UK in a Changing Europe Commentary, 22 March 2023.

Blog: 'Taking stock of the UK-EU relations', 6 February 2023, European Futures Blog. Takes stock of how tensions have stymied the relationship under the TCA and the (limited) opportunities going forward.

Kassim, H. (2022) ‘The European Commission and the Brexit negotiations’. In John Erik Fossum and Christopher Lord (eds) Handbook on the European Union and Brexit, Edward Elgar, pp. 192-215.

‘UK Regulation after Brexit Revisited’ - October 2022 - follows and updates our earlier report published in February 2021, where we presented a first cut on the preparedness of the UK for the transfer of regulatory responsibility from the EU. It is timely to revisit the state of UK regulation post-Brexit.

'UK Regulation after Brexit Report', February 2021. The report takes a first step to mapping the new regulatory settlement since the UK left the EU, the first regulatory changes and the long-term prospects for UK alignment or divergence.