Diplomatique.Expert on Sunday – Brexit reading recommendations

As the EU heads of state will meet to agree on the Brexit Deal, the stage is ready to rotate and focus on Britain, where the drama is set to continue over the coming days and weeks.

We present a number of articles which set the scene of the days to come while taking stock of what took place so far.

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1. Brexit: What happens if MPs reject the deal? – Charlie Cooper

If MP reject Theresa May’s deal as expected, all options are back on the table.

Read more on Politico 

2. Get ready for Brexit advent, where a new political hellscape opens every day – Marina Hyde 

“It is not beyond the realms that after the next round of bloodletting the unity candidate left standing could be Theresa May”

Read more on The Guardian 

3. Brussels sees its Brexit mission accomplished – Alex Barker and Jim Brunsden 

Britain’s referendum in 2016 was a trauma of historic proportions for the European project, reversing 60 years of expansion and threatening the union with division, discord and further defections as populists made for the exit.  Yet when the European Council meets on Sunday to endorse Britain’s exit package, the summit ceremony will be a sober memorial to the countless misplaced expectations that Britain’s vote to leave the bloc would cause the union to fracture from within.

Read more on the Financial Times 

4. This withdrawal deal is the very opposite of what we voted for – The Telegraph

Theresa May is in Brussels on Sunday to nail down Europe’s political assent for the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration on future relations between the UK and EU. The Government will doubtless declare a triumph on the basis that any deal is better than no deal, but its cave-in on Gibraltar is a sign of things to come.

Read more on The Telegraph