Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

Very nice to see so many of you here.

I'm honoured and delighted to welcome Marcus Gearing, long serving very well,

established a colleague here in the law faculty, talking about a subject which is his passion and of course

absolutely central for our future and tidying with Brexit what more can you want marcus going to

talk for about half an hour then take questions and we'll be finished by about five to two

today to get on to your next destination.

Marcus Flosier.

Thank you very much, Catherine.

I think it's always important to declare your biases right from the beginning.

I've been living and working in this country for nearly 20 years.

I've never worried about my immigration status because working in this country for nearly 20 years.

I've never worried about my immigration status

because I teach EU law, so I knew exactly what my rights are

as an EU citizen.

But the last two and a half years have changed a lot so forgive me if I'm a great

Brexit skeptic and if that comes out too much just be reminded other opinions are available

we recorded two and a half years ago we recorded a opinions are available.

We recorded two and a half years ago, we recorded a couple of short videos to explain why

in our area, EU law makes imminent sense.

And I had the privilege to record the one on EU environmental law.

I strongly believe that EU environmental law makes eminent sense for the simple reason that the environment

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