Why and how a new EU-UK spy war is about to begin

Published December 13, 2019 8:35pm ET



Get ready for escalated British spying on the European Union and vice versa.

With a new 80-seat parliamentary majority, Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson will likely effect Brexit in early 2020. Then Britain will begin a new round of negotiations with EU leaders to shape its future relationship with the political bloc. Those negotiations carry great consequence for both Britain and the remaining 27 EU member states. Both sides agree that the negotiations should be concluded by the end of 2020, although that timeline can be extended. Let’s take this piece by piece.

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