Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Europe endless – Kraftwerk
- Introduction
- 1 Lessons from the Past? The 1954 Association Agreement between the UK and the European Coal and Steel Community
- 2 From the European Free Trade Association to the European Economic Community and the European Economic Area: Portugal’s Post-Second World War Path
- 3 Norway and the European Economic Area: Why the Most Comprehensive Trade Agreement Ever Negotiated Is Not Good Enough
- 4 Switzerland: Striking Hard Bargains with Soft Edges
- 5 The Customs Union between Turkey and the European Union
- 6 Ukraine: The Association Agreement Model
- 7 Canada and the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
- 8 The World Trade Organization Model
- 9 “Singapore on the Thames”
- 10 The United Kingdom and the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership
- 11 Australia (and New Zealand) after the 1973 “Great Betrayal”
- 12 What Future for the Crown Dependencies, Overseas Territories and Gibraltar?
- 13 The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: A Flexible and Imaginative Solution for the Unique Circumstances on the Island of Ireland?
- 14 EU–UK Security Relations after Brexit
- 15 The UK Still In Europe? Is the UK’s Membership of the Council of Europe In Doubt?
- Afterword
- Index
14 - EU–UK Security Relations after Brexit
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 December 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Europe endless – Kraftwerk
- Introduction
- 1 Lessons from the Past? The 1954 Association Agreement between the UK and the European Coal and Steel Community
- 2 From the European Free Trade Association to the European Economic Community and the European Economic Area: Portugal’s Post-Second World War Path
- 3 Norway and the European Economic Area: Why the Most Comprehensive Trade Agreement Ever Negotiated Is Not Good Enough
- 4 Switzerland: Striking Hard Bargains with Soft Edges
- 5 The Customs Union between Turkey and the European Union
- 6 Ukraine: The Association Agreement Model
- 7 Canada and the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
- 8 The World Trade Organization Model
- 9 “Singapore on the Thames”
- 10 The United Kingdom and the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership
- 11 Australia (and New Zealand) after the 1973 “Great Betrayal”
- 12 What Future for the Crown Dependencies, Overseas Territories and Gibraltar?
- 13 The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: A Flexible and Imaginative Solution for the Unique Circumstances on the Island of Ireland?
- 14 EU–UK Security Relations after Brexit
- 15 The UK Still In Europe? Is the UK’s Membership of the Council of Europe In Doubt?
- Afterword
- Index
Summary
No member state has been as influential as the United Kingdom in shaping EU policies to fight serious crime, including terrorism. Paradoxically, no country has been more effective in blocking initiatives to have the EU play a role in defence. In both domains, the effects will be felt long after the UK has left the EU. This chapter discusses the UK's chequered legacy in European security policy, and how this may affect future cooperation. Will police forces and intelligence agencies continue to act in concert to mutual advantage, or – as will be argued below – are data exchanges and mutual assistance more likely to suffer? Will European military and security cooperation benefit from the UK's departure, or will the EU's credibility and effectiveness diminish? What measures could prevent unnecessary damage to European and British security?
This chapter proceeds in three stages. First the effects of Brexit on criminal justice cooperation will be assessed. The discussion then turns to the external dimension of foreign policy, security and defence. The final section reflects on repercussions for the future.
INTERNAL SECURITY
The United Kingdom played a leading role in shaping the EU's internal and external security policies. It was the 2005 British presidency that proposed, jointly with the EU Counterterrorism Coordinator, the EU's counterterrorism strategy, which still directs EU policy. The European Commission's first two directors for criminal law and justice were British (Adrian Fortescue, 1999–2003, and Jonathan Faull, 2003–10), as was the first president of Eurojust (Michael Kennedy, 2002–7). Rob Wainwright, a former Security Service (MI5) agent, directed Europol for nearly a decade (2009–18). Claude Moraes chaired the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs (2014–19). Britain's last commissioner, Julian King (2016–20), was in charge of security. It is a record unmatched by any other member state.
Following Brexit, the UK will lose its voice in the institutions, preparatory committees and agencies that decide and implement EU security policy. It will be out of the room when the European Council, the Council, the Commission or the European Parliament set policy.
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- Outside the EUOptions for Britain, pp. 177 - 190Publisher: Agenda PublishingPrint publication year: 2020