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Beth Oppenheim asks Sam Lowe about the UK Government's recent White Paper on Brexit, and whether it stands any chance of being accepted by the EU.

Three panels of experts gathered to discuss the new CER/KAS policy brief, ‘Plugging in the British: Completing the Circuit’ at the Royal United Services Institute. In the first session, Camino Mortera-Martinez, Yvette Cooper MP, Claude Moraes MEP and Peter Storr address justice and home affairs after Brexit, chaired by Charles Grant. In the second session, Ian Bond, Rosa Balfour, Simon Fraser, Paul Johnston and Nick Westcott discuss future UK-EU foreign policy and development cooperation, chaired by Felix Dane. In the final session, Sophia Besch, Paul Everitt, Kori Schake and Julie Smith debate military and defence industrial relations after Brexit, chaired by Malcolm Chalmers.

CER event audio: CER/KAS conference on 'Plugging in the British: Completing the circuit' by Centre for European Reform

Sophia Besch asks Camino Mortera-Martinez whether the UK will stay plugged into EU justice and home affairs structures after Brexit.

Sophia Besch asks Charles Grant about Macron's progress on his reform agenda so far.

In the CER Bulletin podcast, CER researchers brief podcast listeners on three of the most important topics for Europe this month.

Sophia Besch asks Luigi Scazzieri what to expect from the new ruling coalition in Italy.

Recorded at the Daimler US-European Forum: Sophia Besch talks to Constanze Stelzenmüller and Camille Grand about changes in the relationship between the US and its European NATO allies.

Sophia Besch asks John Springford and Sam Lowe to lay out the arguments in favour and against a customs union between the UK and the EU after Brexit.

Beth Oppenheim talks to Sophia Besch about the difficulties the UK and the EU face as they are trying to negotiate the conditions for European military co-operation and defence industrial policy after Brexit.

Ian Bond, director of foreign policy at the Centre for European Reform speaks to LBC about how Russia will react or retaliate to the allied strikes on Syria.

In the CER Bulletin podcast, CER researchers brief podcast listeners on three of the most important topics for Europe this month.

Sophia Besch speaks to Beth Oppenheim and Sam Lowe about what to expect during the second part of Brexit negotiations – will the future relationship talks bring out different political and economic interests among the EU-27?

CER podcast: Security after Brexit by Centre for European Reform

Launch of CER policy brief 'Can EU funds promote the rule of law in Europe?' by Jasna Šelih with Ian Bond and Carl Dolan. Hosted by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin. Speakers: Franziska Brantner, Spokeswomen on European Policy for Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Carl Dolan, Director, Transparency International EU Heather Grabbe, Director, Open Society European Policy Institute Milan Nič, Senior Fellow, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) Chair: Jana Puglierin, Head of the Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)

Sophia Besch and Beth Oppenheim discuss German politics, and what Berlin needs to do over the next four years to help Europe overcome its many challenges.

Sophia Besch asks Luigi Scazzieri about the political debate in Italy, which coalition might win the election on March 4th, how strong is the Italian populist platform, and how to counter Italian euroscepticism.

Charles Grant talks to Sophia Besch about how the EU-27 view the British idea of a bespoke post-Brexit partnership based on regulatory alignment.

In the CER Bulletin podcast, CER researchers brief podcast listeners on three of the most important topics for Europe this month.

Noah Gordon talks to Sophia Besch about the controversial Nordstream 2 pipeline – who is in favour of the project and who stands to lose out, what the EU is doing and what it should do, and whether Nordstream 2 is about business, geopolitics, or EU solidarity.