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UK Transport and Brexit News & Views No. 70

23/07/2018

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Mark’s EU Week for Transport ‘Hope for the best, plan for the worst’ is a quote that has many parents but nicely sums up the latest twists and turns of our Brexit saga. In terms of planning for the worst, the European Commission issued a stark warning note on preparedness for the transport sector (see below) that irrespective of the scenario envisaged, Brexit will cause significant disruption for European citizens, businesses and administrations. It goes on to stress that preparedness is not just…

UK Transport and Brexit News & Views No. 69

16/07/2018

Regina Garcia Nunez

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Mark’s EU Week for Transport Brexit talks are due to recommence in Brussels with UK and EU officials discussing the White Paper and Withdrawal Agreement. It will be an interesting meeting. The contrast in the reaction to the Chequers agreement and the White Paper on either side of the Channel has been stark. Almost no official comments from the EU, but meltdown in Westminster. Eight MPs in nine days have quit some role or other after Brexit policy was announced, including…

UK Transport News & Views from Olly, no 67

18/06/2018

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Olly’s EU week for transport Hello all, Olly Kaye at the helm today, as my colleague Mark takes a break from News & Views this week. Today I’m giving a little more focus on what’s coming up in the EU on transport as we are about to head into the Austrian Presidency who will guide the Council of the European Union until 2019. Before I start on further news & views, a quick re-cap of what’s on in Brussels right now:…

UK Transport and Brexit News & Views No. 66

11/06/2018

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Mark’s Brexit Week for Transport Whilst the ‘backstop’ debate dominated the Brexit news last week you may be forgiven for missing the future partnership paper for transport published by DExEU, a paper UKTiE has been calling for for almost a year. I’m sure it is something we should all welcome. The position paper is a good start, but we still need much more clarity. Indeed it’s noteworthy not for what is in it, but what is not included. On rail…

UK Transport and Brexit News & Views No. 65

04/06/2018

Regina Garcia Nunez

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Mark’s Brexit Week for Transport With the UK Parliament back from recess, Brexit is now firmly back in the saddle and we’re hearing a lot of optimistic noises from DExEU. Nothing wrong with optimism, and the Micawber principle that something good will turn up sometimes holds true. But as a strategy to see us through Brexit and beyond it’s not enough, not least in the transport field where a culture of planning and risk based assessments has quite rightly replaced the early pioneers…

UK Transport and Brexit News & Views No. 64

29/05/2018

Regina Garcia Nunez

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Mark’s Brexit Week for Transport I detect the tectonic plates of Brexit are shifting, which will have a deep, profound and lasting impact on Brexit & transport. The focus has mainly been on the on-going struggle within Cabinet to reach an agreement on customs, which both avoids a hard border with Ireland and ensures UK sovereignty over trade and regulation. As reported below, the Head of Britain’s HMRC told MPs recently that the ‘Max fac’ customs option, favoured by Brexiteers…

UK Transport and Brexit News & Views No. 57

23/03/2018

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Mark’s Brexit Week for Transport All parents on long journeys are familiar with the age-old question from the children in the back of the car, ‘are we there yet?’. And in the context of today’s, not just one but two, historic Brexit deals that question will no doubt be asked by the transport sector. But the answer is unfortunately an emphatic ‘no’. We are well on our way, but we have a long and tortuous road ahead, and above all…

UK Transport and Brexit News & Views No. 56

16/03/2018

Regina Garcia Nunez

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Mark’s Brexit Week for Transport It’s good for once to be able report there has been solid progress on all fronts in relation to Brexit and transport. The EU 27 are likely to adopt the Brexit guidelines at next Friday’s summit morning session of the European Council which will broadly reflect many of our demands in relation to transport. We’ve been working hard behind the scenes, and indeed were among the first to call for a transitional arrangement (or implementation…

UK Transport and Brexit News & Views No. 55

05/03/2018

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Mark’s Brexit Week for Transport Theresa May, in her Mansion House Speech on Friday and in her interview with Andrew Marr on Sunday, has provided much needed post-Brexit clarity for the UK transport sector. In particular she made a commitment to ensuring the continuity of air, maritime and rail services, and protecting the rights of road hauliers to access the EU market and vice versa. In some areas, such as aviation, she provided even more clarity with a stated desire to explore…

UK Transport and Brexit News & Views No. 54

23/02/2018

Regina Garcia Nunez

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Mark’s Brexit Week for Transport Ahead of the all-important March European Council meeting at the end of March, this week has seen Brexit move into a higher gear on both sides of the Channel. Starting on the UK side, a week that has culminated with a Brexit Cabinet agreement following an eight-hour meeting at the Prime Minister’s country retreat at Chequers. The so-called ‘Three Baskets Approach’, apparently agreed at this meeting, was something explicitly rejected by the EU in a…