The class notes from yesterday can be found here .
Moreover, just to keep you up to date with the British referendum, David Cameron has negotiated a new membership deal with the EU and his cabinet has formally agreed to campaign to stay in (despite several minister openly supporting Brexit). The date of the referendum has been confirmed for June 23rd.
If you're interested in learning more, here is a video with Cameron's address of the nation from today. Moreover, if you wish even more details into the situation, this article is relatively insightful.
Regarding the renegotiation:
"The agreement in Brussels was done after a marathon round of talks over two days, concluding shortly after 9pm on Friday.
After the summit, the prime minister insisted he had strengthened his key demands since the European council president, Donald Tusk, outlined his draft agreement on 2 February. The key changes will mean that:
- -A proposed “emergency brake” on EU migrants claiming in-work benefits will last for seven years. It will cover individuals for no more than four years, but the UK will be allowed to apply the overall restrictions for seven years.
- -Restrictions on child benefit for EU migrants will kick in at a reduced rate – indexed to the rate of a migrant’s home country – for new migrants with immediate effect. Existing EU migrants will be paid at the lower rate from 2020. Eastern European countries had hoped that existing migrants would be exempt.
- -Britain has a specific opt-out from the EU’s historic commitment to forge an “ever closer union among the peoples of Europe”.
- -One country – in effect Britain – will have the right to impose a handbrake to refer contentious financial regulation to a meeting of EU leaders in the European council."
Have a good weekend!
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