EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier gave special attention on what he described as the “huge and serious divergence” between the UK and the EU27 on avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland. At EU Summit Barnier, gave the EU leaders a presentation on the state of the talks, said: “Now we are waiting for…
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Northern Ireland to receive special status for EU trade
The United Kingdom will attempt to break the deadlock in the Brexit negotiations with a proposal to grant Northern Ireland joint UK and European Union status so that it can trade freely with both, The Sun newspaper reported. Excl: Revealed – David Davis’s new Brexit plan to give Northern Ireland joint UK/EU status and a border…
Safeguarding Good Friday Agreement
“On Ireland and Northern Ireland, Michel gave credit to this, our coordinators have met again to build on discussions in July” – said the UK top negotiator David Davis, following the third round of Brexit talks in Brussels. “We had a good discussion on maintaining the Common Travel Area and on safeguarding the Good Friday Agreement, on…
Northern Ireland as 'sui generis'
The Republic of Ireland’s Foreign Minister Simon Coveney (pictured) has suggested that Northern Ireland will require a “unique status”. He told the Irish Independent: “If we’re going to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, there needs to be some relationship with the customs union and common market that allows Northern Ireland to…
Report: Britons still devided over Brexit
“Profound and fundamental political changes have occurred since the referendum and it remains to be seen how durable they prove to be,” – said Professor Anand Menon, director The UK in a Changing Europe project. “It is hard, if not impossible, following the snap election to know how the Brexit negotiations will go. The attitude…
Kenny for EU future of 'united' Ireland
Visiting Brussels to discuss the impact Brexit will have on the Ireland, Prime Minister Enda Kenny expressed his hope that the upcoming negotiations would result in the “closest possible relationship between the UK and Europe”. The British government is expected to trigger Article 50 in the coming weeks. He assured that Ireland would remain…
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