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Government response to The House of Lords European Affairs Committee’s Report Implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for UK-EU relation, 27th March 2024

Published 27 March 2024

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The government's response

This document responds to 1st Report - The Ukraine Effect: The impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the UK–EU relationship.

This is the government's response, published 27 March 2024.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The Government welcomes the Committee's report and agrees on the effectiveness of UK-EU sanctions cooperation and continued support for Ukraine, while declining a sanctions memorandum of understanding and not currently seeing a case for formalised foreign policy structures.

  • On sanctions, the Government agrees that cooperation with the EU and other partners "has been effective", and says it is "committed to ensuring that our sanctions are robustly enforced".
  • On a possible memorandum of understanding with the EU on sanctions, the Government says it "has not seen evidence" that one "would make a significant difference", though it is "open to different models in principle".
  • On PESCO and the European Defence Agency, it is prioritising the Military Mobility project and has no current plans to join other projects, and says it "may consider" an Administrative Arrangement with the EDA "in the future".
  • On reconstruction, the Government states that it "will update the Committee periodically on the work of the MDCP".

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