Looking to the future of EU-UK relations: 2026 TCA Review from a civil society perspective

Section External Relations Section Meeting No 228 Date 12/6/2025 REX/600 Looking to the future of EU-UK relations:2026 TCA Review from a civil society perspective Rapporteur Tanja BUZEK Corapporteur Peter BYRNE Reference EESC-2025-00856-00-02-PA-TRA AMENDMENTS Presentation order Point AMS No Action Linked to point Authors 1.4 1 Amend BUZEK Tanja BYRNE Peter 4.2 2 Amend BUZEK Tanja BYRNE Peter AMENDMENT 1 REX/600 Looking to the future of EU-UK relations: 2026 TCA Review from a civil society perspective Point 1.4 Amend as follows Draft opinion Amendment 1.4 Making the EU and the UK Domestic Advisory Groups (DAGs) part of the review and future work process, as they are a crucial source of input on both sides. While the parties’ focus is on ‘implementing a trade agreement’, we as civil society are ‘living it every day’, as businesses, workers, consumers and citizens. Reason Tabled by: BUZEK Tanja BYRNE Peter 1.4 Making the EU and the UK Domestic Advisory Groups (DAGs) part of the review and future work process, as they are a crucial source of input on both sides. While the parties’ focus is on ‘implementing a trade agreement’, we as civil society are ‘living it every day’, as businesses, workers, consumers and citizens. The EESC further calls for a dedicated EUUK Social Dialogue Summit alongside the leaders’ meeting, to involve social partners in the deliberations. Addition needed to reflect the outcomes of the...