Brexit and Europe Almost on the Stroke of Midnight

A month before the date set for the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union nobody can say with any certainty whether Brexit will actually take place or, if it does, what form it will take: managed and based on mutual agreement, “hard” or even “no deal”. The impact of Brexit will depend on which of those scenarios comes to pass. However, the unprecedented level of uncertainty a few weeks before this key date points to a failure of politics and diplomacy on such an important issue for the future of the EU and the UK. Just four days before the set departure date, we will consider how the “next day” is likely to look in London and Brussels, as well as in Prague.