"Deconstructing the Brexit debacle: What role for the EU27?"

• What is the state of play of the Brexit negotiations?
• What are the possible outcomes? No deal, “hard” or “soft” Brexit, no Brexit?
• Is the UK heading for a constitutional crisis?
• What is the process between now and 29 March, 2019?
• What is the “transition period”?
• Should the Article 50 period be extended?
• Should there be a “People’s Vote”?
• What role for the EU27?
• What can we do next?

You are kindly invited to an open meeting organized jointly by the Oxford University Society of Luxembourg and the Cambridge Society of Luxembourg where the questions above, and many more, will be addressed.

John Speed, retired director of the European Court of Auditors and Secretary of the CoSL, and Stephen McCarthy retired Head of Division at the EIB and a member of the OUSL, who are both active anti-Brexit campaigners, will talk on the topic before opening the meeting to a general discussion.

This invitation is being distributed widely and we are looking forward to a good attendance and a vigorous discussion. The meeting will take place just a few days before an important European Council summit which should take important decisions on the withdrawal agreement, including the arrangements for the Irish border, citizens’ rights and the terms of the transition period.