El primer ministro británico promete plantear opciones para la cumbre de noviembre y no descarta convocar otro reférendum, pero los obstáculos persisten en su país y en Bruselas, que quiere sobre todo...

Based on what we know so far, Joël Reland considers how an incoming Andy Burnham government might approach its relationship to the European Union.

Based on what we know so far, Joël Reland considers how an incoming Andy Burnham government might approach its relationship to the European Union.

Joël Reland argues that the Lib Dems’ call for the UK to join the EU single market may not survive contact with...

Joël Reland reflects on Brexit and regulation ahead of the 10 year anniversary of the referendum.

Professor Catharine Barnard and Joël Reland survey changes in regulation in the ten years since the EU referendum.

Ahead of the ten year anniversary of the EU referendum on 23 June, UK in a Changing Europe experts have written a...

Has the UK made the most of its post-Brexit regulatory freedom?

Joël Reland explains the new ‘UKICE staircase’, which outlines the options available to the UK should it seek a different form of...

Going back would create some big new problems but Switzerland provides an alternative model

With the next UK-EU summit set, most likely, for this summer, it is time to start asking what topics will be on the agenda. After all, both sides will want to pull some rabbits out of the…

To cut red tape and costs for importing and exporting with the EU, the UK will align with EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) legislation.

Joël Reland outlines the key trends in UK-EU regulatory alignment and divergence over the last five years, as exlpored in our new report 'UK-EU alignment and divergence: the road ahead'.

Anand Menon and Joël Reland argue that geopolitical tensions make the UK's choices post-Brexit increasingly difficult, even when it comes to regulatory divergence.

“Le Plan has always been a forum. It publishes its own research but also channels stimulating ideas from outside, by authors who are free to defend their viewpoint. That is the purpose of Le Plan’s Co...

Join UK in a Changing Europe experts and former UK Permanent Representative to the EU Sir Ivan Rogers for a discussion on the future of UK-EU relations.

Joël Reland argues that while the UK has indicated that it is keen to align more closely with the EU, the inherent tradeoffs remain the same as the EU will not allow the UK to 'cherry pick' further ac...

With debates about whether the UK should enter into a customs union with the EU resurfacing, Joël Reland explains what a customs union actually is and how one would, or wouldn't, benefit the UK.

Joël Reland outlines the crises that multilateral systems and institutions now face, as well as what the UK and the EU can do to uphold and advance their shared interests.

In this explainer, Joël Reland outlines what a customs union is, how a UK-EU customs might work, and the potential pros and cons.

Nicholas Bloom, Philip Bunn, Paul Mizen, Pawel Smietanka, and Gregory Thwaites argue that there is evidence that Brexit has had a large and persistent negative impact on GDP, output and productivity i...