The ECJ has today published the opinion of its Advocate General (HERE), stating that the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement ‘can be concluded only by the European Union and the member states acting jointly. Although the ECJ has to finally rule on this, it would be a surprise if they found the Advocate General (a British woman by the way) was wrong.
This means almost certainly that our future trade deal (if there is one) will be deemed to be mixed and will require ratifying by all the member states as well as the commission. The job of the chief negotiator Michel Barnier just got a lot more difficult with far less room for compromise.
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