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The Government’s White Paper explaining the reforms Prime Minister David Cameron negotiated in February to the UK’s membership of the EU, and outlining issues before the referendum on EU membership on 23 June 2016, is called ‘The best of both worlds: the UK’s special status in a reformed EU’. One of the reasons the White Paper gives for arguing that the UK is stronger in the EU is the UK’s “leading role in securing strong EU-wide sanctions when we needed them against Russia and Iran.” It discusses the UK’s significant influence at EU Council discussions, driving EU activity, “leveraging the power of 28 countries and amplifying the impact that we would have had on our own”. The examples it cites are:
Maya Lester QC is a senior barrister (Queen’s Counsel) at Brick Court Chambers with a wide-ranging practice in public law, European law, competition law, international law, human rights & civil liberties. She has a particular expertise in sanctions. The legal directories say she is the...
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