A few days ago The Times had an article suggesting there was something like 700+ bilateral agreements that the EU had signed and which we will need to renegotiate. One MP, Martyn Day asked a question in The House about is (HERE). This was the question he put to DEXEU:
Q. To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate he has made of the number of treaties requiring renegotiation as a result of the UK's exit from the EU.
A. Many of the UK’s relationships with non-EU partners and international organisations rest in some way on our membership of the EU. The UK will seek to maintain the relationships and cooperation it currently enjoys with non-EU partners and international organisations as it exits the EU. We are currently conducting a detailed assessment of the agreements which will require replacement as a result of the UK’s exit from the UK and taking forward work with partners to do so.
Note the answer does not deny the number. Instead it says they are conducting a detailed assessment. Remember we are a year on from the vote - not a week or a month when you might have expected an answer along those lines but a whole year!
