Nicolai von Ondarza

nvondarza.bsky.social

16 October 2026 16:03

The problem with EU accession negotiations is that they are not so much negotiations, but usually the EU telling the candidate countries what to do. Might be even more asymmetric than A50 exit negotiations. Managing that for the UK political elite will be quite tricky.

Georgina Wright (on leave)

georginaewright.bsky.social

12 October 2026 17:20

For starters, Le Pen president wd make any decision-making inside EU much longer & harder. Second, she’s already said UK got an easy ride inside & a far too good Brexit deal (hello fish). If serious abt rejoining, UK shd spend more time on its asks/what it is ready to accept from EU as it is now 2/2

Simon Usherwood

simonusherwood.bsky.social

12 October 2026 15:27

Essential for anyone working on NI-related aspects of UK-EU relations

Anand Menon

anandmenon.bsky.social

09 October 2026 11:35

An announcement. There will be plenty of time to reflect on what we've achieved, and on the fantastic colleagues who have helped us achieve it. But for now, sad news ukandeu.ac.uk/announcement... 1/2

David Henig

davidheniguk.bsky.social

08 October 2026 08:16

Years ago I was a UK rep in a meeting with other EU Member States and a senior Commission official said "Our door is always open... that's our problem..." We need to understand that approach - and not read too much into it now the UK is a third country. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...