“Now I represent a like-minded ally” Écrit par Paperjam + Delano Club Publié Le 15.03.2021 • Édité Le 15.03.2021 Partager John Marshall: “A healthy, prosperous and secure EU is in the UK’s own national interest.” (Photo: Jan Hanrion/archives Maison Moderne) Focus on the three questions asked to John Marshall, the British ambassador to Luxembourg, in preparation for the 10x6 Finance: Luxembourg post-Brexit organised by the Paperjam + Delano Club on Thursday 25 March at Kinepolis, in Kirchberg. Can you give one example of how Brexit has resulted in a change for you or your organisation? “Three months a year – in April, June and October – the EU Council of Ministers meets in Luxembourg. While the majority of support to visiting British ministers was provided by colleagues from the UK’s Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels, ministers would often stay at my residence and hold dinners and meetings there. This, of course, no longer happens, and there are a handful of meetings for EU ambassadors or embassies here that we no longer attend. But the majority of the work of our embassy was not directly linked to our membership of the EU and continues as before. In my dealings with the Luxembourg government the only difference is that now I represent a like-minded ally (on most issues at least) rather than a fellow EU member state.