Five unanswered questions in the United Kingdom Agreement

The United Kingdom and the European Union have agreed with a new major agreement covering areas, including trade, defense, fishing and energy.

However, negotiations are still held on a number of key questions – leaving certain important questions unanswered.

The agreement makes several references to a “financial contribution” of the United Kingdom to access certain advantages, in particular an agreement to reduce the checks of food exports to the EU.

Prime Minister’s official spokesman said it was “administrative costs”.

He insisted that they would not be “large” but refused to put a figure on the amount that the United Kingdom would pay.

In other areas, terms are still under negotiation, so the cost for the United Kingdom is not yet known.

For example, the two parties work towards the United Kingdom joining the Erasmus + Exchange program, which allows students to study or do internships abroad.

Rather than simply covering administrative costs, the United Kingdom would expect to obtain direct benefits in return and the government has declared that it will only participate in considerably improved financial conditions “.

The United Kingdom has agreed to work towards an “experience program for young people” with the EU, which would allow young people to the block to ask for a visa to live and work in the United Kingdom and vice versa.

The government said that such an agreement would be “capped and limited in time”, but that it did not specify the number of visas to be delivered each year and how long they would be valid.

These details will be the subject of future negotiations.

The United Kingdom already has similar programs with 11 countries, including Australia, New Zealand and Japan, with people capable of staying up to three years depending on the country where they are.

Last year, just over 24,000 young mobility visas were issued by the United Kingdom.

From Brexit, British travelers of EU airports have generally been forced to buff their passport to inhabited offices, rather than using automatic doors with facial recognition technology.

Some airports already allow British passport holders to use e -waste – but for those who are not the only alternative is often a long queue.

The agreement indicates that there will be “no legal obstacles” to the British by using e-waste during travel to and from the EU countries after the introduction of the entry-level system of the European Union.

The long -awaited digital border verification system should replace the passport stamping for travelers from outside the EU in October.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said British vacationers will want to escape “this summer without delay and that he wanted them to use e-gates” as soon as possible “.

But it is up to the EU individual countries to decide whether British passport holders can use e-waste in their airports.

It is therefore not clear if it will be possible in more countries by the summer holidays.

From Brexit, British musicians had to face additional costs and administrative formalities during the tour in Europe – and the stars have long called for action to resolve it.

The manifesto of the general work elections last year is committed to “helping our artists on tour” as part of negotiations with the EU.

But the agreement agreed on Monday recognizes only the “value” of artists on tour and promises to continue its efforts “to support travel and cultural exchanges”.

The United Kingdom says it will explore “how to improve the best way to improve tours through the European continent”.

Tom Kiehl, Managing Director of UK Music, who represents the industry, praised this as “an important first step”, but said that the sector was looking for “more concrete commitments”.

Another promise of the Labor Manifesto was to “guarantee a mutual recognition agreement for professional qualifications to help open markets for British service exporters”.

This would mean that professionals – such as doctors, lawyers, accountants and architects – who qualified in one country could practice in another with a minimum of additional bureaucracy.

EU citizens already have the right to do so through the block.

Such an agreement would allow British companies to more easily move staff between the United Kingdom and the EU and to undertake short-term work in Europe.

However, there may be less incentive to the EU to conclude an agreement on this subject, since the current situation makes it more difficult for British companies to compete for business in Europe.

Monday’s agreement only promises to create “dedicated dialogues” on the recognition of professional qualifications.

A complete agreement in this area could take much more time to negotiate if the EU is part of one.