On Tuesday 18 March, the European affairs ministers of the EU Member States spent around an hour discussing the possibilities for closer ties between the EU and London in the run-up to the UK-EU Summit on 19 May.
The Member States supported the so-called ‘package’ approach ahead of the Summit, i.e. a global approach applying to any new pact between the EU and the UK and encompassing security, energy, fisheries, migration and youth mobility.
On Tuesday, however, security and defence...