Committee considers Common Foreign and Security Policy post-Brexit

• Parliament TV: Common Foreign and Security Policy after Brexit
• EU External Affairs Sub-Committee

Witnesses

Thursday 6 April, Committee Room 1, Palace of Westminster

At 10.05am

• Professor Richard Whitman, Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent; and
• Professor Karen Smith, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science

Likely questions

• The EU has outlined plans to increase security and defence co-operation between the EU-27 after Brexit. Would you expect such enhanced EU-27 co-operation to make it more difficult or more attractive for the UK to co-operate with the EU on its Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) after Brexit?
• Would it be possible for the UK to take a selective approach to co-operation with the EU on foreign policy, such as co-operation on sanctions and civilian CSDP missions, but not military missions? Would such an approach be in the UK's interest and if yes, in which areas?
• What advantages and disadvantages would there be for the UK to co-operate with the EU on sanctions policy after Brexit?
• What role does the European Defence Agency (EDA) play in UK foreign and defence policy? Would you consider it to be in the UK's interest to sign an Administrative Arrangement with the EDA after Brexit, such as Norway, Switzerland, and other countries have done?

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