Agreement reached with the EUCitizens' Rights Agreement • September 13th, 2021
Contract Type FiledSeptember 13th, 2021❖ In December the UK government reached an agreement with the European Union on citizens’ rights. In March this was extended to cover those arriving during the implementation period.
ContractCitizens' Rights Agreement • November 15th, 2018
Contract Type FiledNovember 15th, 2018
ContractCitizens' Rights Agreement • September 24th, 2017
Contract Type FiledSeptember 24th, 2017Guaranteeing the rights of EU citizens in the UK and British citizens in the EU Working towards a constructive, symmetrical solution
AGREEMENTCitizens' Rights Agreement • February 25th, 2019
Contract Type FiledFebruary 25th, 2019The Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons (“the FMOPA”) ceases to apply on the specified date between the Swiss Confederation (“Switzerland”) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (“United Kingdom”) as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union (“Union”).
Citizens’ Rights Agreement: protecting the rights acquired under the Agreement on the free movement of personsCitizens’ Rights Agreement • November 11th, 2021
Contract Type FiledNovember 11th, 2021Brexit must not result in people losing the rights they enjoyed while the United Kingdom was still a member of the EU. Switzerland and the United Kingdom rapidly entered into negotiations to guarantee such rights, in conjunction with the parallel (and chaotic) negotiations between the EU and the UK.
Brexit. A separate citizens’ rights agreement under Article 50 TEU Stijn Smismans (Professor of EU Law, Cardiff University) smismanss@cardiff.ac.ukCitizens' Rights Agreement • February 17th, 2021
Contract Type FiledFebruary 17th, 2021The European Council Guidelines for the Brexit negotiation adopted on 29th April 2017 (further referred to as Negotiation Guidelines), as well as the Council Directives for the negotiation adopted on 22nd May 2017 (further referred to as Negotiation Directives), show a clear EU commitment to defend the rights of the nearly five million people whose lives are most directly affected by Brexit, namely the EU citizens residing in the UK and British citizens residing in the EU. The Negotiation Directives clearly state that the withdrawal negotiations should ensure ‘the necessary effective, enforceable, non-discriminatory and comprehensive guarantees’ and they favor a rather maximalist defense of the rights of these citizens (including judicial protection by the CJEU). The UK’s promises to protect the rights of these citizens are comparatively vague.
A citizens rights agreement under article 50 TEU: the time for political and false legal excuses has passed.Citizens Rights Agreement • January 16th, 2019
Contract Type FiledJanuary 16th, 2019Professor of EU law and Director of the Centre for European Law and Governance, School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University