The US capture of Nicolás Maduro This briefing looks at the January 2026 US military operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, statements by President Trump and US officials, the UK and international response, and questi...

I’ve published a short briefing on the US’s capture of Nicolás Maduro

I’m sure it will need updating soon…

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UK-EU reset: Agreement on UK participation in the EU Erasmus+ programme The UK and EU have agreed that the UK will participate in the EU Erasmus+ programme from 2027

Published yesterday, our Commons Library Briefing on the UK rejoining the Erasmus+ programme commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

Congratulations!

After Brexit: Visiting, working, and living in the EU Since the UK left the EU, British citizens travelling to the EU have needed to comply with Schengen area rules on entry and stays for third country nationals. This briefing provides an overview and di...

Also links to our more detailed updated Library paper on travel to the EU commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

The EU Entry/Exit system and EU travel authorisation system The EU is introducing new border systems, requiring non-EU nationals to obtain an authorisation before they travel to the EU and go through new automated biometric checks at the border.

Have published an update for the Commons Library on the EU's entry exit system, now scheduled for launch on 12 October 2025 and being phased in over six months. Will also operate at Port of Dover, and Eurostar and Eurotunnel terminals in the UK 1/2
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Thank you Jarek

The UK–EU reset: Next steps after the May 2025 summit At their joint summit in May 2025, the UK and EU agreed a new Security and Defence partnership and set out commitments to strengthen cooperation across a range of policy areas

Our Commons Library paper published this week covers the outcomes of the UK-EU summit in May 2025 and looks at the next steps in the UK-EU reset commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

UK–EU agreement on Gibraltar: What has been agreed? Although Gibraltar, as a British Overseas Territory, has left the EU, an agreement has been reached which removes border checks between Spain and Gibraltar.

Our Commons Library Insight on last week's announcement on a political agreement on the EU-Gibraltar relationship gives an outline of what was agreed and links to a more detailed paper giving background on the UK/Gibraltar- Spain/EU negotiations commonslibrary.parliament.uk/uk-eu-agreem...

Resetting the UK's relationship with the European Union The Labour government hopes to reduce barriers to trade, such as by reducing border checks on goods, and to agree a UK–EU security pact

Our Commons Library briefing on the UK-EU reset published yesterday covers what we know about what the UK is seeking from the EU and the EU reaction, and explores some of the issues being discussed commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

The UK-EU dispute over sandeels On 28 to 30 January 2025, the EU and the UK will take part in an arbitration hearing in The Hague in a dispute over the UK ban on sandeel fishing in its waters.

Arbitration begins today in the UK-EU dispute over the UK ban on sandeel fishing. read our Commons Library insight here commonslibrary.parliament.uk/the-uk-eu-di...

France - recent political developments and the 2024 National Assembly elections commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-1...

There's quite a few in the article I linked (in Italian)

Weah-Liberia, come sono andate le elezioni presidenziali I calciatori scesi 'in campo' anche in politica

Damiano Tomassi - mayor of Verona. Also several of the 1982 Italy World Cup winning team appear to have stood for election (including all 3 goalscores Rossi, Tardelli and Altobelli, and Cabrini who missed a penalty) sport.sky.it/calcio/calci...

Safeguarding the Union: Progress in implementing the Windsor Framework This briefing looks at the changes made by the January 2024 Safeguarding the Union Command Paper to the operation of the Windsor Framework and Internal Market Act, and other measures affecting the tra...

For good measure my colleague Ilze and I also published this week a briefing on the implementation of the trade & regulatory elements of the Safeguarding the Union deal announced in January - these make changes tonthe operation of the Windsor Framework commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

Safeguarding the Union: Progress in implementing the Windsor Framework This briefing looks at the changes made by the January 2024 Safeguarding the Union Command Paper to the operation of the Windsor Framework and Internal Market Act, and other measures affecting the tra...

House of Commons Library report on the 2024 Safeguarding the Union deal and implementation of the Windsor Framework from @johncurtis.bsky.social and Ilsa jozepa

Timely given next week's democratic consent motion debate in the NI Assembly

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UK-EU negotiations on Gibraltar-EU relations The UK and EU have, since 2021, been negotiating a proposed agreement on Gibraltar’s relationship with the EU. This briefing provides background and an overview of the talks so far

Our Commons Library briefing paper just published on the ongoing UK-EU negotiations on Gibraltar's relations with the EU commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

Congratulations! Stay off the cuba libres!

The EU Entry/Exit system and EU travel authorisation system The EU is planning to introduce new requirements for non-EU nationals to provide fingerprints and obtain a travel authorisation to enter the EU.

Here's a recently updated article on the EU entry/exit system - postponed again this autumn. The EU is now looking at phasing this in in 2025 commonslibrary.parliament.uk/the-eu-entry...

UK-EU relationship after Brexit Impartial analysis on key areas of post-Brexit agreements reached by the UK and EU and areas affected by the new relationship.

Have been getting a lot of new followers (thanks to the very helpful starter packs!). Will post some links to some of our recent papers shortly. Many of our House of Commons Library briefings on the UK-EU relationship can be found here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/brexit/uk-eu...

Hi Joel. Did the Horizon dispute get to the arbitration stage? Didn't get further than the consultations stage I think

Belatedly posting a paper I published a few weeks ago on the European elections, also covering the new political groups in the EP and the election of the European Commission President

Poland - 2023 parliamentary elections and new government commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9...

A paper I started working on in early 2021. Finally published today as UK association to EU programmes about to get under way