The UK in a Changing Europe

2 months ago | ukandeu.ac.uk | Anand Menon |Nicola Marchant

Anand Menon looks at the impact Donald Trump’s presidency is having on UK relations with the EU and the proposed ‘reset’. Four weeks in, and all those comforting certainties have evaporated. Our – at the time – cautious and sensible assessment of where the UK-EU reset might be heading now feels horribly dated. Donald Trump has well and truly shaken the kaleidoscope of world politics, and it is too early to know precisely where the pieces will settle.

2 months ago | ukandeu.ac.uk | Anand Menon |Nicola Marchant

Anand Menon looks at the impact the Donald Trump presidency and US relations are having on UK relations with the EU. Four weeks in, and all those comforting certainties have evaporated. Our – at the time – cautious and sensible assessment of where the UK-EU reset might be heading now feels horribly dated. Donald Trump has well and truly shaken the kaleidoscope of world politics, and it is too early to know precisely where the pieces will settle.

2 months ago | ukandeu.ac.uk | Nicola Marchant |David Reynolds

David Reynolds examines summits throughout history and the recent meeting between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump. The term “summit” was coined by Winston Churchill in 1950, during the dark days of the Cold War. He declared that it was “not easy to see how matters could be worsened by a parley at the summit.” One wonders how he would have rated Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s encounter with Donald Trump last Friday in the White House.

Jan 31, 2025 | ukandeu.ac.uk | John Curtice

John Curtice analyses exclusive new polling from Redfield & Wilton which confirms that 57% would now vote to rejoin the EU, with just 43% backing staying out. The UK left the EU five years ago today. However, compared with the outcome of the referendum on Brexit in June 2016, the balance of public opinion now is different. This is confirmed by the latest poll by Redfield & Wilton for UK in a Changing Europe, conducted earlier this month.

Jan 30, 2025 | ukandeu.ac.uk | Stephen Hunsaker

Stephen Hunsaker explains the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean (PEM) Convention, what it does and what its impact might be. The EU has recently suggested that it would be open to the UK joining the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean (PEM) Convention. In simple terms, this would allow UK manufacturers to produce goods with components from a wider range of countries than just the EU while still qualifying for preferential tariffs on products going into the EU and some neighbouring markets.