{"id":54249,"date":"2018-05-24T20:51:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T20:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/24\/unresolved-brexit-negotiations-threaten-continentwide-security-eu-lawmaker-warns\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:01:08","slug":"unresolved-brexit-negotiations-threaten-continentwide-security-eu-lawmaker-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2018\/05\/24\/unresolved-brexit-negotiations-threaten-continentwide-security-eu-lawmaker-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Unresolved Brexit negotiations threaten continentwide security, EU lawmaker warns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b><i>Flagship satellite navigation program Galileo adds fire to the debate<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BRUSSELS \u2015 Britain\u2019s security and defense relationship with the European Union faces \u201ca cliff edge\u201d because of the country\u2019s stalled exit from the organization, according to a senior British member of the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charles Tannock said Thursday that not enough is known in how the U.K. will engage in European security and defense matters post Brexit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He warned of Britain \u201cfalling off a cliff edge\u201d if defense and security issues are unresolved by the time the U.K. leaves the EU at the end of March 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTime is fast running out. My fear is that vitally important security issues could all fall by the wayside if they are left to the very end of the current Brexit negotiations,\u201d the center-right deputy cautioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The EU and U.K. are still thrashing out agreements over a range of matters, including the future trading relationship between the two sides and Ireland\u2019s border, with security and defense being moved to the sidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tannock, who serves as the foreign affairs spokesman for his Conservative group in the European Parliament, raised his concerns at a meeting of the Constitutional Affairs Committee on \u201cfuture EU-U.K. cooperation in security and defense\u201d after Britain exits the 27-strong bloc.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2018\/05\/11\/new-eurodrone-will-rely-on-galileo-satellite-navigation-but-have-gps-just-in-case\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5095.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">New Eurodrone will rely on Galileo satellite navigation, but have GPS just in case<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">UAVs are only as autonomous as the satellite navigation links they use.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo one in the EU referendum campaign said that the lives of U.K. citizens could be in danger as a result of Brexit, and security and defense were rarely featured in the debate. But as it stands, I certainly fear a security cliff edge,\u201d Tannock added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said his fears were exacerbated given the U.K.\u2019s red lines, particularly opposition to the continued jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice, and the \u201cpaucity of time\u201d left for Brexit negotiators to reach a deal. \u201cIf agreement is not found on these issues there is a real danger of a cliff edge, particularly on domestic security,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Disagreement in space<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His concerns were echoed by another speaker, Mark Leonard, of the European Council on Foreign Relations, a U.K.-based pan-European think tank, who agreed there was a \u201creal danger of a security cliff edge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe issue of security and defense has simply not entered the public consciousness on either the EU or U.K. side in these Brexit negotiations. The debate has been entirely about other issues,\u201d Leonard said. \u201cWhile there is a basket of incredibly complex matters to negotiate this one, the issue of security and defense, is quite different from other areas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPost-Brexit security arrangements will be extraordinarily difficult to resolve, including U.K. participation in Galileo,\u201d he continued, referring to the EU\u2019s flagship satellite navigation program. \u201cBut at a time when we are seeing all sorts of challenges everywhere from Russia and China to Donald Trump, we have to be aware that if EU side falls apart, it will be difficult to preserve the current world order.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2018\/05\/08\/uk-and-eu-spar-over-access-to-satellite-program\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"\" target=\"_blank\">uncertainty over the U.K.\u2019s involvement in Galileo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4096\" height=\"2734\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/636058243351014234-galileo-antenna-at-europe-s-spaceportjpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/636058243351014234-galileo-antenna-at-europe-s-spaceportjpg.jpg 4096w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/636058243351014234-galileo-antenna-at-europe-s-spaceportjpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/636058243351014234-galileo-antenna-at-europe-s-spaceportjpg.jpg?resize=768,513 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/636058243351014234-galileo-antenna-at-europe-s-spaceportjpg.jpg?resize=1024,684 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/636058243351014234-galileo-antenna-at-europe-s-spaceportjpg.jpg?resize=1536,1025 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/636058243351014234-galileo-antenna-at-europe-s-spaceportjpg.jpg?resize=2048,1367 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4096px) 100vw, 4096px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The antenna of the Galileo station in Kourou, French Guiana. (Manuel P\u00e9doussaut\/European Space Agency)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Germany and France are reportedly split on whether to allow the U.K. access to Galileo after Brexit. Germany supports the European Commission in seeking to deny Britain access to Galileo\u2019s encrypted system for government and security use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, France has joined Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and the Baltic states in objecting to the U.K.\u2019s exclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One European diplomat said Germany was using security as a lesson in the benefits of EU membership and the cost of leaving. This comes after Martin Selmayr, the German secretary-general of the European Commission, wrote to the U.K.\u2019s ambassador to the EU, Tim Barrow, about the end of Britain\u2019s participation in Galileo without proper consultation with member states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is sympathy for Britain at being treated in this peremptory way,\u201d another official noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Britain has spent about \u00a31.2 billion (U.S. $1.6 billion) as its contribution to building the nearly \u00a39 billion satellite system. But as things stand, only EU members would have access to the crucial military-grade data from Galileo. The U.K. has subsequently threatened to build its own system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A U.K. government spokesman told Defense News: \u201cThe U.K. wants to continue participating in Galileo. This is in the mutual interests of the U.K. and EU, benefiting European competitiveness, security, capability development and interoperability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFuture U.K. participation in Galileo should be agreed as part of the future security partnership between the UK and the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf agreement cannot be reached on the future balance of rights and obligations, and U.K. security and industrial requirements consequently cannot be met, the U.K. could not justify future participation in Galileo. In parallel, the U.K. is therefore exploring alternatives to fulfill its needs for secure and resilient position, navigation and timing information, including the option for a domestic satellite system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tannock says the U.K. government should also ensure continued participation in other judicial and security-related program, such as the European Arrest Warrant and EU police agency Europol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another speaker at the hearing, Wolfgang Ischinger, a former German ambassador to the U.K., suggested that a \u201cfirewall\u201d be created separating security and defense issues from other aspects of Brexit talks, such as trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe U.K., even before the EU was founded, has always had a substantial strategic interest in ensuring that countries on the European continent would not go to war with each other,\u201d he said. \u201cFor the 27 member states that 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