What will happen to Northern Ireland after Brexit?
4 years ago

What will happen to Northern Ireland after Brexit?

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Northern Ireland will remain part of the United Kingdom politically, at least until a vote on uniting Ireland is held. After months of wrangling on what ended up being the most contentious issue of talks, both sides negotiated an agreement to make sure no hard border or associated infrastructure appears on the frontier between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Repeated British proposals to solve the issue using technology ended up coming to nothing: in the end, the price of an open border being compatible with Britain leaving the single market and customs union was new controls on trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain – the rest of the United Kingdom. What we know for sure is the UK will be imposing some controls on goods that come from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.

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What does the restoration of power-sharing mean for Northern Ireland?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

What does the restoration of power-sharing mean for Northern Ireland?

The Independent  

With fresh legislation to restore power-sharing to Northern Ireland being rushed through parliament with little resistance, a new government at Stormont could be formed by next week. Northern Ireland is thus unusual in the world in being a “duarchy” with the ultimate executive power shared by two figures with equal power, as well as a wide variety of parties being …

Northern Ireland political party agrees to end 2-year boycott and restore the mothballed government
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Northern Ireland political party agrees to end 2-year boycott and restore the mothballed government

The Hindu  

Northern Ireland’s largest British unionist party agreed Tuesday to end a boycott that left the region’s people without a power-sharing administration for two years and rattled the foundations of the 25-year-old peace. He said agreements reached with the U.K. government in London “provide a basis for our party to nominate members to the Northern Ireland Executive, thus seeing the restoration …

Northern Ireland confronts compromise in post-Brexit deal
1 year, 9 months ago

Northern Ireland confronts compromise in post-Brexit deal

The Hindu  

Britain and the European Union have reached a new agreement on post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland, raising hopes that more than six years of wrangling over the U.K.'s departure from the bloc may finally come to an end. The deal also reduces the role of EU law and the European Court of Justice in Northern Ireland, a key demand …

Northern Ireland’s history makes post-Brexit deal complex
1 year, 9 months ago

Northern Ireland’s history makes post-Brexit deal complex

Associated Press  

Britain and the European Union have reached a new agreement on post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland, raising hopes that more than six years of wrangling over the U.K.’s departure from the bloc may finally come to an end. The deal also reduces the role of EU law and the European Court of Justice in Northern Ireland, a key demand …

Will new UK-EU deal over Northern Ireland end the Brexit impasse?
1 year, 9 months ago

Will new UK-EU deal over Northern Ireland end the Brexit impasse?

Al Jazeera  

The UK’s leader has been negotiating with the European Union to replace the Northern Ireland Protocol. UK and EU leaders have clinched a new deal for Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trading arrangements. Customs checks and paperwork for goods coming into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK began after Brexit. Pro-British Unionists say this weakened Northern Ireland’s position in the …

Britain, EU announce deal to end long-running trade spat over Northern Ireland
1 year, 9 months ago

Britain, EU announce deal to end long-running trade spat over Northern Ireland

LA Times  

The U.K. and the European Union sealed a deal on Monday to resolve their thorny post-Brexit trade dispute over Northern Ireland, hailing the agreement as the start of a “new chapter” in their often fractious relationship. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the grandly titled “Windsor Framework” after agreeing to the final …

UK, EU inch closer to deal over N. Ireland-Brexit trade spat
1 year, 11 months ago

UK, EU inch closer to deal over N. Ireland-Brexit trade spat

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain’s foreign minister met politicians and businesspeople in Belfast bearing good news Wednesday: The U.K. and the European Union are inching closer to settling a post-Brexit trade dispute that brought economic headaches and political turmoil to Northern Ireland. The two sides said the agreement is “a critical prerequisite to building trust and providing assurance” — elements that have …

U.K. presses on with Brexit rules rewrite; EU calls it illegal
2 years, 5 months ago

U.K. presses on with Brexit rules rewrite; EU calls it illegal

The Hindu  

Britain is ramping up a feud with the European Union by pressing on with a plan to rip up parts of the post-Brexit trade deal it signed with the bloc. The legislation, if approved by lawmakers, would remove checks on goods entering Northern Ireland from the rest of the U.K., thereby scrapping parts of a trade treaty that Prime Minister …

Irish leader sees no UK will to end Brexit trade standoff
2 years, 6 months ago

Irish leader sees no UK will to end Brexit trade standoff

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — The British government appears to have no political will to resolve its festering trade dispute with the European Union and risks endangering the hard-won peace in Northern Ireland, Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said Wednesday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government said last month that it it would pass a law to scrap parts of a trade treaty with …

Johnson: UK will act on Northern Ireland rules if EU won’t
2 years, 7 months ago

Johnson: UK will act on Northern Ireland rules if EU won’t

Associated Press  

LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday renewed British threats to break a Brexit agreement with the European Union, blaming it for a political crisis that’s blocking the formation of a new government in Northern Ireland. Johnson said there would be “a necessity to act” if the EU doesn’t agree to overhaul post-Brexit trade rules that he says are …

Unionists block new N Ireland govt over Brexit trade rules
2 years, 7 months ago

Unionists block new N Ireland govt over Brexit trade rules

Associated Press  

LONDON — Northern Ireland’s second-biggest political party on Friday blocked the formation of a working legislature in Belfast, and said it would keep up the boycott until the U.K. government tears up post-Brexit trade rules it accuses of destabilizing the region. A government can’t be formed unless both roles are filled, and the DUP says it won’t take part unless …

UK ramps up threat to rewrite Brexit deal with the EU
2 years, 7 months ago

UK ramps up threat to rewrite Brexit deal with the EU

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain and the European Union were once again at loggerheads over Brexit on Wednesday, after the U.K. government ramped up threats to scrap parts of its trade treaty with the bloc, saying the rules are blocking the formation of a new government in Northern Ireland. The Democratic Unionist Party, which came second in last week’s Northern Ireland Assembly …

EXPLAINER: What’s next for N. Ireland after Sinn Fein wins?
2 years, 7 months ago

EXPLAINER: What’s next for N. Ireland after Sinn Fein wins?

Associated Press  

LONDON — The election of Sinn Fein as the biggest party in Northern Ireland’s Assembly is a historic moment -- the first time an Irish nationalist party, rather than a British unionist one, has topped the voting. The result gives Sinn Fein the right to hold the post of first minister in Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government, with the DUP taking …

Ireland: UK-EU deal on Brexit trade spat unlikely this year
3 years ago

Ireland: UK-EU deal on Brexit trade spat unlikely this year

Associated Press  

LONDON — The British and Irish governments expressed optimism Thursday that a thorny spat between the U.K. and the European Union over Northern Ireland trade can be resolved, but Ireland’s top diplomat indicated that negotiations were likely to drag on into next year. Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said the talks over post-Brexit rules for Northern Ireland, the only part …

EU awaits counterproposals from UK in Brexit standoff
3 years, 1 month ago

EU awaits counterproposals from UK in Brexit standoff

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — Another week of Brexit negotiations still left the European Union awaiting a firm counterproposal from the United Kingdom on Friday to ease a standoff over how to deal with the country’s departure from the bloc. Both sides are fighting over differences in how to regulate trade in Northern Ireland, which is part of the U.K. but also belongs …

What’s behind the UK-EU dispute in Northern Ireland?
3 years, 2 months ago

What’s behind the UK-EU dispute in Northern Ireland?

Al Jazeera  

The United Kingdom says the Northern Ireland trade rules under Brexit are not working. When the United Kingdom left the European Union, both sides agreed to a set of trade rules known as the Northern Ireland protocol. The province remains in the EU’s single market, so trade can flow freely across its land border with the Republic of Ireland. Presenter: …

Brexit is just weeks old, and it’s already threatening fragile political stability in Northern Ireland
3 years, 10 months ago

Brexit is just weeks old, and it’s already threatening fragile political stability in Northern Ireland

CNN  

CNN — Northern Ireland’s Brexit backlash has arrived. The province’s top politician, pro-Brexit First Minister Arlene Foster’s retort was predictably icy: “This is an incredibly hostile and aggressive act by the European Union.” Foster’s Democratic Unionist Party, DUP, are pro-British, pro-Brexit, but opposed to the new EU/UK trade deal that demands customs checks on some goods arriving in Northern Ireland …

UK’s Johnson seeks to quell Brexit fears in Northern Ireland
4 years, 4 months ago

UK’s Johnson seeks to quell Brexit fears in Northern Ireland

Associated Press  

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisted Thursday that businesses in Northern Ireland will continue to enjoy seamless access to the rest of the U.K. after a Brexit transition period with the European Union expires at the end of the year. “There will be no border down the Irish Sea — over my dead body,” he said on a …

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