INSTITUTIONAL / United kingdom

House of Lords Committee on European Affairs has several reservations about the approved withdrawal agreement with the Twenty-seven Member States

Brussels, 05/12/2018 (Agence Europe)

The European Affairs Committee of the British House of Lords issued a mixed opinion on Wednesday 5 December on the UK's EU withdrawal agreement and the political declaration on future relations between the United Kingdom and the European Union, as approved by the Twenty-seven and Theresa May on 25 November. The committee is particularly concerned about the lack of accountability of the proposed EU-UK Joint Committee, which it calls a body "particularly powerful and influential", according...