Looking forward to this discussion next week!

Our latest explainer @husseinkassim.bsky.social for @ukandeu.bsky.social (👇)can be read as a double bill with the one we did on 'How the 🇪🇺 manage and organise its relationship with the 🇬🇧 post-Brexit'.

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The UK-EU reset six months after the summit: Where are we? - UK in a changing Europe Hussein Kassim and Cleo Davies explain what progress has been made since the UK-EU Summit in May 2025 and what the main challenges are.

Nearly 7 months have passed since the UK-EU Summit in May 🇬🇧🇪🇺

In this explainer, @husseinkassim.bsky.social and @cleodavies.bsky.social outline:
1️⃣ What was agreed at the summit
2️⃣ Who are the key negotiators
3️⃣ What has happened since
4️⃣ The key points of contention

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/t...

Delighted to be presenting work on the #EUbudget and #discharge of 1996 and the resignation of Jacques Santer at @cont.europarl.europa.eu tomorrow alongside other experts. cc: @rhulpir.bsky.social @royalholloway.bsky.social @husseinkassim.bsky.social www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e...

How UK creative industries are navigating Brexit alone - UK in a changing Europe Kirsty Warner and Hussein Kassim explore the impact of Brexit on the UK creative industries.

"Without a clear vision for culture in a post-Brexit context, the UK risks leaving large parts of its creative sector without the support they need to survive."

✍️ Kirsty Warner and @husseinkassim.bsky.social explore the impact of Brexit on the creative industries

An important, useful + really accessible report and a 👌👌 check on revisionist takes! @husseinkassim.bsky.social & I contributed a chapter on the 🇪🇺's Brexit strategy. That is one aspect that gives rise to some overblown, even conspiratorial takes... 2.5 pages to set the record straight 🙂 👇

Event covered not only 🇬🇧-🇪🇺 dimension, but also views from different member states. Comes with 👌👌 report with short chapters from ⭐ contributors from across national capitals (🇪🇸🇳🇱🇨🇾🇮🇪🇩🇰🇩🇪🇵🇱🇨🇿🇫🇷) is really worth the read @husseinkassim.bsky.social @ukandeu.bsky.social 👉 ukandeu.ac.uk/other-public...

Contributors from our Living with the Neighbours Observatory
are presenting their reflections alongside sessions on Labour’s European strategy, UK choices in the face of security and trade challenges, and keynotes from the UK and EU at the British Academy in London.

@ukandeu.bsky.social @husseinkassim.bsky.social has done it again!! Brought together some of the best minds from across 🇪🇺 countries to capture in short chapters how 🇪🇸🇨🇿🇵🇱🇩🇪🇩🇰🇮🇪🇨🇾🇱🇹🇳🇱+🇳🇴🇨🇭 view changes in their relationship with 🇬🇧 since Brexit & Starmer election 👉📖 warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais... 1/2🧵

Contributors from our Living with the Neighbours Observatory
are presenting their reflections alongside sessions on Labour’s European strategy, UK choices in the face of security and trade challenges, and keynotes from the UK and EU at the British Academy in London.

warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais...

Delighted to launch today our new report ‘The Starmer Government and Europe: Resetting relations in turbulent times’ which looks at the the new administration’s progress in rebuilding relations with its European neighbours.

@husseinkassim.bsky.social @anandmenon.bsky.social @ukandeu.bsky.social kicking off a full day on 🇬🇧-🇪🇺 relations, including Bryce views from different national capitals

New report from @husseinkassim.bsky.social for @ukandeu.bsky.social on Starmer and the EU

warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais...

📍Live from the British Academy at 9am
Conference: The Starmer Government and Europe: Resetting Relations in Turbulent Times
@ukandeu.bsky.social‬ + @husseinkassim.bsky.social .

A day of strategy, diplomacy, and realism.
This is the thread.

#UKEUStarmerEra #LivingWithTheNeighbours

Hussein Kassim – qui travaille à la Commission européenne ? Dans ce septième épisode, Lola Avril rencontre Hussein Kassim, professeur de science politique à l’université de Warwick. Il évoque le parcours du personnel de la Commission européenne ainsi que la pr...

New episode of "Parlons Commission" @euradio.bsky.social with Pr. @husseinkassim.bsky.social !
We talked about the people who work in the Commission (who they are, their relationship to the European project) and the process of “presidentialisation” of the institution.

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@antonspisak.bsky.social

state visit coincides with 🇬🇧-🇫🇷 Summit, 2nd since Brexit after March 2023 summit; both countries will look to deepen cooperation even further, notably on defence & security. Will be discussing all this @husseinkassim.bsky.social @ukandeu.bsky.social event 28 May 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-starme...

📣 EVENT 📣

🤝 The Starmer Government and Europe: Resetting relations in turbulent times

💬 UKICE's @husseinkassim.bsky.social brings us a lively discussion of what has changed in UK European policy with an exciting line up of speakers

Details below 👇

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Youth mobility is not freedom of movement - UK in a changing Europe Kirsty Warner examines the reluctance from the UK to accept an EU youth mobility scheme and the impact this may have on UK-EU relations.

🙅‍♀️ ‘The UK’s reluctance to engage… is not purely a policy decision but a political framing born out of fear that appearing to engage with the EU could undermine hard-won ‘Brexit red lines’

Kirsty Warner & @husseinkassim.bsky.social on the EU youth mobility scheme👇

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👇👌👌 For anyone wanting an overview of what kind of new regulatory powers & responsibilities were transferred from 🇪🇺 to 🇬🇧 + new bodies needed, recommend report ‘Regulation after Brexit’ @ukandeu.bsky.social @husseinkassim.bsky.social - has👌 tables with all info 👉 media.ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

National Government Narratives of the EU This book examines and compares national EU narratives. It brings together leading specialists from across Europe, and asks: What do member states want ...

Our co-edited book "National government narratives of the EU: ‘Official’ Stories of Belonging" is out now link.springer.com/book/10.1007.... Our contributors, all leading specialists, track the stories told by governments about their country's participation in the EU and how they change over time.

Finally out - our book on narratives of the EU !
Thanks to the editors @husseinkassim.bsky.social & @adriaanschout.bsky.social
My chapter on Poland is available in open access 😀

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Dan Kelemen observes that "national narratives show no sign of converging" and that the book "reminds us that the future of the EU will remain rooted in varying – and sometimes conflicting – understandings of the meaning of the integration project."

Erik Jones notes that, despite the cross-national differences that it maps, the book shows that "there are powerful themes that resonate across the Union", but warns that those that "normalize participation in the European project as part of the national experience ... cannot be taken for granted"

For Frédéric Forêt, the volumes is "essential reading", and “a timely reminder that the main stories about Europe are told by national governments, in national terms, for national audiences ... European integration is here to stay, but on the terms of each Member State”.

We are delighted to have endorsements from several distinguished academics. Catherine E. de Vries calls the book "a must read" that carefully outlines "different national perspectives about Europe, what lies behind these differences, and what these different national perspectives have in common".

While much of the discussion is concerned with narrative-making at the EU level or looks at different societal understandings of the the EU, we chose to focus on how governments justify and explain their decision to join, remain in or leave the EU. The book looks at twelve European states.

National Government Narratives of the EU This book examines and compares national EU narratives. It brings together leading specialists from across Europe, and asks: What do member states want ...

Our co-edited book "National government narratives of the EU: ‘Official’ Stories of Belonging" is out now link.springer.com/book/10.1007.... Our contributors, all leading specialists, track the stories told by governments about their country's participation in the EU and how they change over time.