S1: EU Charter (4/7), James Bond on the Eurostar, Flight-shaming and Solidarity

Rich is a bit grumpy and Carola has “Flugscham”, as Carola has just flown back from a working trip to Switzerland, encountering a new terminology on signs around airport passport control. Both of them have a bit of a lengthy spat whether chapter 4 applies or not, attempting – probably without success – to make this rather convoluted issue less complicated. Rich puts forward the idea that everyone will need to channel their innter James Bond. But they also tackle the European Charter’s Chapter IV, titled Solidarity, and ask why social and economic rights contained in this chapter ended up being such a contentious issue for UK ministers in the UK’s recent debates about the withdrawal bill.

Quick Sources:

EU Sources - European Parliament

• The European Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU
• EU Guidance for Application of the Charter https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2018/national-guidance-application-eu-charter
• EU Handbooks about the Charter https://publications.europa.eu/en/web/general-publications/publications

UK Sources - Department of Exiting the European Union

• Factsheet 6: Charter of Fundamental Rights
• Right by Right Analysis
• Information and Factsheets about the Withdrawal Bill
• House of Commons EU Scrutiny Committee

Various

• The Marshall Plan (BBC) https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/modern/marshall_01.shtml