Checkers plan

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Checkers - the official country residence of the British Prime Minister since 1921, where Theresa May's cabinet agreed on the Checkers plan.

The Checkers Plan is an 83-page white paper on the UK's exit from the EU ( Brexit ). It was published on July 12, 2018 by the United Kingdom Government under Prime Minister Theresa May . It outlines the relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union following Brexit. The official title of the document is The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union .

The Brexit minister in the May cabinet, Dominic Raab , described the Checkers Plan as a "detailed proposal for a systematic, pragmatic and ambitious future partnership between the UK and the EU" (a "detailed proposal for a principled, pragmatic and ambitious future." partnership between the UK and the EU "). He went on to say: “The White Paper proposes a free trade area for goods to ensure smooth trade. This should be supported by mutually agreed customs rules, but only insofar as this is necessary for smooth cross-border trade ”.

The final version of the White Paper was drawn up at a cabinet meeting in Checkers on July 6, 2018. David Davis , up to this point Brexit Minister in the cabinet, and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson resigned from their offices because they rejected the plan.

structure

The white paper is divided into four chapters: economic partnership, security, cooperation and institutional arrangements.

It contains the proposal for an association agreement with the EU, the sketch of a cooperation framework between London and Brussels with a governing body made up of government representatives from both sides and a joint committee for the implementation of and compliance with the Brexit agreement.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union . Department for exiting the European Union via GOV.UK . July 17, 2018. Accessed August 31, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b Chris Morris: Brexit: What does the government White Paper reveal? . In: BBC News , July 12, 2018. Retrieved August 31, 2018. 
  3. ↑ Hansard Parliamentary Documentation. Retrieved October 9, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Hansard Parliamentary Documentation. Retrieved October 9, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Peter Walker: What the cabinet has agreed at Checkers Brexit meeting . In: The Guardian , July 6, 2018. Retrieved September 23, 2018. 
  6. ↑ Dominic Johnson: EU opponents see red in the Brexit White Paper. In: The daily newspaper. July 13, 2018, p. 9