{"id":141611,"date":"2020-02-07T17:10:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T17:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/uk-trade-deal-faces-potential-veto-from-every-eu-country\/"},"modified":"2020-02-07T17:10:06","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T17:10:06","slug":"uk-trade-deal-faces-potential-veto-from-every-eu-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/uk-trade-deal-faces-potential-veto-from-every-eu-country\/","title":{"rendered":"UK trade deal faces potential veto from every EU country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If Spain wants to block a future trade deal with the U.K. over Gibraltar, if Belgium wants to stop a deal over fish or if France wants to veto over financial regulation, they have a legal way to do so.<\/p>\n<p>The concession to EU countries is buried in the legal section of <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/sites\/info\/files\/communication-annex-negotiating-directives.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the draft negotiating directives<\/a> that the EUs chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier presented on Monday. This document refers to Article 217 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union as a legal basis for an EU-U.K. agreement because of the \u201cscope of the envisaged partnership and the ambitious and long-term relationship that it seeks to establish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/qanda_20_179\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Under EU law<\/a>, holding the Brexit talks on the basis of Article 217 means that member countries will need to reach a unanimous decision in Council, giving each of the EU27 countries a chance to weigh in on the talks and forcing Barnier to keep every countrys interests in mind during the upcoming negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>According to one EU diplomat, the choice for this legal basis was suggested by EU countries during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/pro\/commission-lays-out-timetable-for-brexit-briefings-in-january\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brexit briefings<\/a> in January, where they expressed concern about the legal architecture of the future deal. Another agreed that Article 217 granted individual veto powers to countries.<\/p>\n<p>EU officials had originally considered using Article 207. This is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/RegData\/etudes\/BRIE\/2016\/593489\/EPRS_BRI(2016)593489_EN.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">normally used<\/a> for negotiating directives for free-trade agreements. Under that scenario, EU member countries would only need a qualified majority to green-light the deal in Council.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nIt is now clear that the decision will be hostage to even the smaller EU countries.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe European Commission made a political choice to choose Article 217,\u201d said one EU official. \u201cIts just more realistic not to use a qualified majority for this. Its a reality that this deal needs consensus, as was the case with the Withdrawal Agreement. But since member states wanted to be sure, its now officially in the mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More reassurances on the role of EU countries will follow before the mandate is approved on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consilium.europa.eu\/en\/meetings\/gac\/2020\/02\/25\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 25<\/a>. In the coming weeks, the Council will scrutinize the mandate Barnier has presented. But according to several EU diplomats, the discussion will be limited to tweaks here and there, as the Commission already took national sensitivities into account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you hear everything [U.K. Prime Minister Boris] Johnsons saying, its time to focus on the U.K. now, and not waste any more time on intra-European discussions,\u201d a diplomat said.<\/p>\n<p>The negotiating directives say it remains open whether the deal will ultimately be classed for final approval as an EU-only deal, or a \u201cmixed agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/GettyImages-1154683215-714x476.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The BMW group plant in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/uk-trade-deal-faces-potential-veto-from-every-eu-country\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More \u2013 Source<\/a><br \/>\n[contf]<br \/>\n[contfnew]<br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snap.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/politico-logo.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">politico<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>[contfnewc]<br \/>\n[contfnewc]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Spain wants to block a future trade deal with the U.K. over Gibraltar, if Belgium wants to stop a..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":141612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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