Wednesday 5 May, 14:00-15:00 BST/15:00-16:00 CEST | Online Event
Wednesday 5 May, 14:00-15:00 BST/15:00-16:00 CEST | Online Event
The implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol has become an important flashpoint in relations between the EU and the UK after the end of the transition period. This online session will explore the likelihood of any future agreement between the two sides.
This session will be open to EU-UK Forum members only.
Featuring Coversations with…
Jonathan Powell, Director, Inter Mediate, Former Downing Street Chief of StaffJonathan is CEO of Inter Mediate, the charity he founded in 2011 to work on conflict resolution around the world.
Jonathan worked on the negotiations with ETA in the Basque country, on the negotiations in Colombia with the FARC and on the peace negotiations in Mozambique.
Inter Mediate is working on 10 conflicts at the moment.
Jonathan was Chief of Staff to Tony Blair from 1995 to 2007 and from 1997 to 2007 was also Chief British Negotiator on Northern Ireland.
From 1978-79 he was a broadcast journalist with the BBC and Granada TV and from 1979 to 1994 a British Diplomat.
He is the author of ‘Great Hatred, Little Room: Making Peace in Northern Ireland’, ‘The New Machiavelli, How to Wield Power in the Modern World’ and ‘Talking to Terrorists, How to End Armed Conflict’.
Jonathan Powell
Director, Inter Mediate, Former Downing Street Chief of Staff
Professor Katy Hayward, Political Sociology, Queen’s University BelfastKaty Hayward is Professor of Political Sociology in Queen’s University Belfast and a Senior Fellow in the UK in a Changing Europe think-tank, where she leads a large project on ‘The future and status of Northern Ireland after Brexit’. She is also co-investigator with Prof David Phinnemore (QUB) of an ESRC project on the governance of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland. She has two books forthcoming this summer: one on The Irish Border (Sage) and another (co-authored) on ‘Northern Ireland a Generation After Good Friday’ (MUP).
Professor Katy Hayward
Political Sociology, Queen’s University Belfast
Declan Kelleher, Former Permanent Representative of Ireland to the EUDeclan Kelleher was Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union in Brussels from September 2013 to March 2020. Prior to that appointment, he was Ambassador of Ireland to the People’s Republic of China from 2004 to 2013.
From 2000 to 2004, he was Ambassador and Representative of Ireland to the EU Political and Security Committee in Brussels, and chaired that Committee during Ireland’s 2004 Presidency of the European Union.
His previous overseas postings were at the Embassy of Ireland in Washington DC (from 1987 to1991) where he was First Secretary for Press and Political/Congressional Affairs. From 1980 to 1983, he was posted at the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the UN in New York and was a member of Ireland’s delegation to the UN Security Council in 1981-82.
During his career, he has also served in a range of senior posts at the Headquarters of Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin, including on Anglo/Irish and Northern Ireland matters; and on foreign policy and EU questions.
Prior to entering the service of the Government of Ireland, he worked in the private sector as an economic/financial analyst, specialising in the global marine industry.
He is a graduate of Oxford University (BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics).
Declan Kelleher
Former Permanent Representative of Ireland to the EU
Tony Connelly, Europe Editor of RTETony Connelly is Europe Editor for RTÉ, Ireland’s public broadcaster.
Tony has reported extensively on Brexit, and has been covering EU and European affairs since 2001.
Tony has also reported on conflicts in Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East.
He is the recipient of two ESB National Media awards, a European Journalism Award and a New York Festivals radio award.
He has received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the UCD Smurfit Graduate School journalism awards, and a Law Society Justice Media Award for his coverage of the Brexit negotiations.
Tony is the author of Brexit and Ireland, nominated Irish non-fiction book of the year in 2018, and Don’t Mention the Wars: A Journey Through European Stereotypes, published in 2014.
Tony was born in County Derry in 1964, and educated at St Columbs College, Derry, Trinity College Dublin and the London School of Journalism.
He is married with three sons and lives in Brussels.
Tony Connelly
Europe Editor of RTE
Tuesday 1 June, 18:00-19:00 BST/19:00-20:00 CEST | Online Event
Tuesday 1 June, 18:00-19:00 BST/19:00-20:00 CEST | Online Event
Two of Europe’s most distinguished diplomats – Sylvie Bermann, French Ambassador to UK, China and Russia, author of “Goodbye Britannia. Le Royaume-Uni au défi du Brexit” and Lord Peter Rickets, former UK Ambassador to France and Head of the Foreign Office, author of “Hard Choices. What Britain Does Next,” discuss future EU-UK and Franco-British relations in the era of Brexit. This session will be moderated by Denis MacShane, Former Minister of Europe, commentator on and author of books on recent European politics, including Brexit.
This session will be open to EU-UK Forum members only.
Featuring Coversations with…
Sylvie Bermann, French Ambassador to UK, China and Russia, author of “Goodbye Britannia. Le Royaume-Uni au défi du Brexit”Bio will appear here soon.
Sylvie Bermann
French Ambassador to UK, China and Russia, author of “Goodbye Britannia. Le Royaume-Uni au défi du Brexit”
Lord Peter Ricketts, Former UK Ambassador to France and Head of the Foreign Office, author of “Hard Choices. What Britain Does Next”Lord Ricketts was a British diplomat for 40 years. He was Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee in 2000, Political Director in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 2001-3, and Permanent Representative to NATO from 2003-6. He served as Britain’s first National Security Adviser from 2010-12. In that capacity he established the National Security Council, and oversaw the 2010 National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review. He was Ambassador to France 2012-16. He became a cross-bench Peer in 2016. He is a non-executive director of the Paris-based energy company Engie, a Strategic Adviser to Lockheed Martin UK, and a Visiting Professor at King’s College, London.
Lord Peter Ricketts
Former UK Ambassador to France and Head of the Foreign Office, author of “Hard Choices. What Britain Does Next”
Denis MacShane, Former Minister of Europe, commentator on and author of books on recent European politics, including BrexitDenis MacShane worked for the BBC and was the youngest president of the NUJ. He worked for 15 years in Switzerland and France before entering Parliament in 1994. He served for 8 years in the Foreign Office and was Tony Blair’s Minister of Europe. He was UK Delegate to the Council of Europe and Tony Blair’s personal envoy to Europe. He has written several books on European politics including a biography of François Mitterrand and three books on Brexit.
Denis MacShane
Former Minister of Europe, commentator on and author of books on recent European politics, including Brexit
Thursday 15 April, 15:00-16:00 BST / 16:00-17:00 CEST
Sylvie Goulard, Deputy Governor, Banque de France and Sarah Breeden, Executive Director UK Deposit Takers Supervision/Prudential Regulation Authority, Bank of England, in conversation with Sir Roger Gifford, Chairman, Green Finance Institute.
Keeping an Open Channel: Opportunities for Dialogue between the British Parliament and the European Parliament
Friday 4 December, PM (Time TBC)
Hilary Benn MP, Chair of the Select Committee on the Future Relationship with the EU & David McAllister MEP, chair of the EP Foreign Affairs Committee in conversation with Georgina Wright, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government
Life after Brexit: Sir Ivan Rogers in conversation with the FT’s Peter Foster on what the TCA means for future EU-UK relations
Thursday 18 February, 14:00 GMT/15:00 CET – 15:00 GMT/16:00 CET
Moving Forward Together?: Opportunities for UK-EU Transport after Brexit
Friday 26 February at 14:30-15:30 GMT/15:30-16:30 CET
Simon Argyle, Deputy Director and Counsellor – Competitiveness, Connectivity and Innovation – UK Mission to the EU in conversation with Mark Watts, Chief Executive of UKTiE
The Impact of Brexit on the EU’s Free Movement of People Rules
Monday 7 December, 10:00-11:00 GMT/11:00-12:00 CET
Jane Golding, Co-Chair of British in Europe, former MEP Jude Kirton-Darling & MEP Danuta Hubner in conversation with Claudia Delpero, Founder & Editor of Europe Street News
Net Zero - The Role of Central BanksCentral banks are playing an essential role in building a more sustainable economy by helping financial institutions to measure and define environmental risk. What role should they themselves play as investors in their quantitative easing asset purchases? How do they encourage the financial sector to support transition to greener investment? How do they ensure the financial sector itself grows its resilience to climate change risk? And what do they expect from COP26?
We were delighted to have two leading central bankers and advocates of action on climate change discuss these issues and shared challenges, Sylvie Goulard, Deputy Governor, Banque de France & Sarah Breeden, Executive Director UK Deposit Takers Supervision/Prudential Regulation Authority, Bank of England. The session was moderated by Rhian-Mari Thomas, Chief Executive, Green Finance Institute.
Net Zero – The Role of Central Banks
15 April, 2021 | Online Event
The Reality of Brexit: Public attitudes and expectations of what comes nextSix months after our launch session, the EU|UK Forum welcomed back Kelly Beaver, Managing Director at Ipsos MORI Public Affairs, to present the findings from their latest polling data, again gathered specifically for us.
The data focused on the British public’s views on Brexit in general, its impact on their day to day lives, the changes they expect to see as a result of Brexit, its impact on Britain’s response to Covid-19 and their views on the importance of the EU-UK relationship post Brexit.
Following Kelly’s presentation, she was joined in conversation by Professor Matthew Goodwin, from Rutherford College at the University of Kent, and Paula Surridge, from the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies at the University of Bristol. The discussion was moderated by Paul Adamson, Chairman of the EU|UK Forum.
The Reality of Brexit: Public attitudes and expectations of what comes next
23 March, 2021 | Online Event
Moving Forward Together?: Opportunities for UK-EU Transport after BrexitSimon Argyle, Deputy Director and Counsellor – Competitiveness, Connectivity and Innovation – UK Mission to the EU & Kate Jennings, Policy Director at the Railway Industry Association in conversation with Mark Watts, Chief Executive of UKTiE
Moving Forward Together?: Opportunities for UK-EU Transport after Brexit
26 February, 2021 | Online Event
Life after BrexitSir Ivan Rogers in conversation with the FT’s Peter Foster on what the TCA means for future EU-UK relations
Life after Brexit: Sir Ivan Rogers in conversation with the FT’s Peter Foster on what the TCA means for future EU-UK relations
18 February, 2021 | Online Event
European Security ChallengesSir Julian King, former European Commissioner for the Security Union in conversation with Michael Peel, EU Diplomatic Correspondent of the FT.
European Security Challenges
28 January, 2021 | Online Event
Healthy Partnerships? The Impact of Brexit & the Priorities for Sovereign CooperationWe enter 2021 with all the elements of a cooperation framework coming into place between the UK and EU: the ‘Christmas Deal’ on Trade and Cooperation, the Withdrawal Agreement and, for many purposes, the Good Friday Agreement and UK-Ireland Common Travel Area.
Health cooperation is definitely within the scope of these arrangements, but the details are very much a work-in-progress.
Health is a priority for everyone when it is under clear threat. All Europeans have understood in the current pandemic how highly they value a sound health system. We have also seen how much international, global and local cooperation can contribute to the resilience of each region’s public health, health security, healthcare and medicinal provision. Yet health cooperation is only half-covered by the agreement, while we see with increasing clarity the widespread impacts of Brexit on both UK provision and on cross-border affordances in health provision, notably on the island of Ireland.
In this EU|UK Forum session, we will be examining the UK impacts, the Irish dimension and the wider picture, including:
Robert Madelin, Chairman of Fipra and former Director General for Health at the European Commission, Mark Dayan, Brexit Programme Lead at the Nuffield Trust, Nick Fahy, Research Fellow at Green Templeton College, University of Oxford & Tamara Hervey, Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law, University of Sheffield.
Healthy Partnerships? The Impact of Brexit & the Priorities for Sovereign Cooperation
19 January, 2021 | Online Event
The Impact of Brexit on the EU’s Free Movement of People RulesJane Golding, Co-Chair of British in Europe, former MEP Jude Kirton-Darling & MEP Danuta Hubner in conversation with Claudia Delpero, Founder & Editor of Europe Street News.
The Impact of Brexit on the EU’s Free Movement of People Rules
7 December, 2020 | Online Event
Opportunities for UK-EU Parliamentary Cooperation After BrexitThe Brexit transition period is fast coming to an end, but it will not be the end of the UK’s relationship with the EU. The UK and the EU will still need to deal with shared problems such as climate change and terrorism. Meanwhile, the UK will need to make sure it stays on top of new EU rules that will apply to Northern Ireland so long as the Protocol applies.
Close contact between UK and EU legislators will become an essential component UK-EU cooperation going forward. In this session, we explored how the UK parliament and EU parliament should adapt the way they engage with each other and why failing to do so could damage their long-term interests.
Hilary Benn MP, Chair of the Select Committee on the Future Relationship with the EU, David McAllister MEP, Chair of the EP Foreign Affairs Committee & Georgina Wright, Senior Researcher, Institute for Government
Opportunities for UK-EU Parliamentary Cooperation After Brexit
4 December, 2020 | Online Event
The future of EU-UK Cooperation in MigrationAntónio Vitorino, Director General of the International Organisation for Migration, and Camino Mortera-Martinez, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Reform, in conversation with Heather Grabbe, Director of the Open Society European Policy Institute.
The future of EU-UK Cooperation in Migration
17 November, 2020 | Online Event
Outside the EU; why the best alternative model (the EEA) cannot be the best alternative for the UKA discussion between Martin Westlake, editor of ‘Outside the EU: Options for Britain’, Visiting Professor, College of Europe, and the European Institute at the LSE and Sebastian Remoy, EVP and Global Head of Public Affairs, Kreab Worldwide, moderated by Emily Rees, Senior Fellow at ECIPE.
Outside the EU; why the best alternative model (the EEA) cannot be the best alternative for the UK
11 November, 2020 | Online Event
Launch Event - UK Public Attitudes to EU-UK RelationsThis launch session explored UK public opinion on the direction of ongoing EU-UK relations and the United Kingdom’s future outside the European Union. Kelly Beaver presented Ipsos MORI’s new polling data gathered especially for this event. Following this, Sir David Lidington, former UK Minister for Europe, conversed with EU-UK Chairman, Paul Adamson.
Replays for this launch session, as well as a copy of the data gathered by Ipsos MORI can be found on the resources page.
UK Public Attitudes to EU-UK Relations
28 September, 2020 | Online Event
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