CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: What would a Labour government mean for Europe?

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🗓️ 26 June 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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In our latest Centre for European podcast, host Octavia Hughes is joined by the research fellow Aslak Berg, deputy director Ian Bond and senior research fellow Luigi Scazzieri to find out what a Labour victory in the UK general election would mean for EU-UK relations. They discuss Labour's flexibility on its red lines and changes to trade, security, defence and foreign policy. Produced by Octavia Hughes

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Centre for European Reform Podcasts on Packing Europe.
0:17.9	I'm your host, Octavia Hughes, and today I'm joined by our deputy director,
0:21.8	Ian Bond, research fellow Azluck Berg, and senior research fellow Luigi Scassieri, to discuss the
0:27.6	UK election, which is only a week away. Now, it seems more than likely that the elections will
0:32.2	be a shoe-in for Kiristan as Labour, with the Conservatives now even being outperformed by reform in EU's
0:38.2	polls. But what would a Labour government mean for the UK's relationship with the EU? Throughout
0:43.7	the campaign, Stama and his shadow cabinet have shied away from talking about Europe for fear of
0:49.3	reminding people that they voted Leave in 2016. And let's not forget Labour's red lines on Europe of not rejoining
0:56.4	customs union or the single market. So what can we expect to see from a Labour government? Aslaq,
1:02.0	can Labour improve trade relations with the EU? Well, they can, but they will likely leave a lot of
1:08.3	people disappointed. If you look at what they're promising,
1:11.7	it's nowhere near a return to the pre-Brexit status quo. There will be customs border. There will
1:18.0	be regulatory barriers to trade. But they can deliver improvements. What they have suggested
1:24.3	concretely is first and foremost a veterinary agreement. And that would make a
1:29.3	significant difference for British exporters of food. It would make a difference for Northern Ireland,
1:34.5	as it would alleviate the situation there. And it would, crucially, it would also reduce the cost of imports.
1:40.3	And that is very important for the UK as an importer of food. The problem is that there is not a lot of clarity about what kind of veterinary agreement
1:49.8	that they will seek.
1:50.8	If they really want to eliminate checks, that would require an agreement on full harmonization
1:56.7	with EU rules, some sort of dynamic alignment where the UK agrees to mirror any changes in EU law.
2:03.5	It would also require supervisory role for the European Court of Justice in some extent.
2:08.4	It also raises the question, if the UK can do this for food, why not do it for other sectors
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