The week aheadEuronews17 June 2026
Triple deal expected at the UK–EU summit on 22 July
The UK's Minister for EU Relations, Nick Thomas-Symonds, says he is "very confident" that this month's summit will deliver three agreements at once: aligning food-safety rules to cut agri-food trade barriers, bringing the UK back into the EU's internal electricity market, and a youth experience scheme opening special visas for young Britons and Europeans. If it lands, it would be the most substantial rebuilding of UK–EU economic ties since the Trade and Cooperation Agreement — and a live demonstration of the case this campaign makes: that every barrier removed is a step back towards the market.
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Liberal Democrats (press release)17 June 2026
A major party adopts Single Market membership as policy — via the Norway route
Ed Davey used a European Movement speech to call for immediate talks on rejoining the Single Market through EFTA and the EEA — alongside Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein — plus a customs union and a new defence partnership, citing the NBER study in our research library. Whatever your politics, it puts the route we explain here on the political map. Single Market Matters is independent and non-party; we report this as news.
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IpsosJune 2026
Ten years on, a majority would now vote to apply to rejoin the EU
Polling for the referendum's tenth anniversary finds 52% of Britons think the UK should apply to join the EU against 33% who would stay out — rising to 58% vs 37% among likely referendum voters. Ipsos notes the picture becomes more complex once trade-offs are introduced.
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YouGovJune 2026
Tracker: a closer relationship with the EU is the most popular option
YouGov's long-running tracker finds a closer relationship with the EU is the option with the broadest support across the public — including among Leave and Conservative voters — with support for rejoining itself also up since the tracker began in 2024.
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Centre for European ReformFebruary 2026
"Will 2026 be the year to reset the reset?"
The CER's assessment of the reset so far: real but gradual progress, with both sides treating closer partnership as zero-sum — and the government's red lines on the Single Market, customs union and free movement capping the economic gains available.
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House of Commons LibraryUpdated July 2026
The 2026 review of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement
Parliament's own briefing on this year's scheduled TCA review: ministers say it has been "overtaken" by the reset, with negotiating mandates already in place for the youth experience scheme and the food-standards and emissions-linking agreements.
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UK in a Changing EuropeApril 2026
How Brussels sees it: the ball is in Britain's court
A useful corrective from the EU side of the table: European capitals were genuinely curious about the reset, grew impatient with the pace from London, and expect the UK to say clearly what it wants — a reminder that rebuilding the relationship takes clarity as well as goodwill.
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Federal Trust / Constitution SocietyJanuary 2026
Nine years on: a full audit of Brexit's economic impact
John Springford — author of the "doppelgänger" cost-of-Brexit estimates — pulls together the published evidence in a single report assessing whether the pre-referendum economic consensus was right, nine years after the vote.
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