Category: Europe
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Is Brexit Propelling Northern Ireland towards Irish Unity?
This article by Dr Katy Hayward is part of an ongoing blog series ‘Brexit Countdown’ by the Political Studies Association (PSA) and Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI).
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What do the public think about the backstop?
Professor John Garry looks at recent survey results to see what the public in Northern Ireland thinks about the backstop.
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What happens to the border if there’s no deal?
Dr Katy Hayward explains what might happen to the Irish border if no deal is reached on Brexit.
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What is the backstop?
The ‘backstop’, the ‘Irish backstop’, the ‘Northern Ireland backstop’, the ‘temporary backstop’, the ‘all-weather backstop’… that ‘bloody backstop’. Everybody has heard of the backstop says Professor David Phinnemore.
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Can ‘A Better Deal’ replace the Backstop?
‘A Better Deal’ was published in December and claims to constitute an alternative to the Withdrawal Agreement, specifically a new Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland. But is it fit for purpose asks Dr Katy Hayward?
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Should unionists be suspicious of the backstop? A response to Lord Bew
Dr Katy Hayward examines Lord Bew’s assertion that there is a fundamental tension between the principles of the Good Friday Agreement and those of the backstop.
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The ECJ’s Wightman ruling, the “Brexit” process and the EU as a constitutional entity
Writing the following long-read from the European University Viadrina (Frankfurt a.d. Oder), Professor Dagmar Schiek reflects on how last month’s Wightman ruling constitutes a very interesting source of reasoning, and possibly a confirmation of a more courageous Court of Justice under its current presidency.
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UK Government Commitments to NI and its Integral Place in the UK
Dr Katy Hayward looks at some of the key points contained in this week’s UK government paper on its commitments to Northern Ireland.
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Breached or Protected? The ‘principle’ of consent in Northern Ireland and the UK government’s Brexit proposals
A long read from Prof David Phinnemore and Dr Katy Hayward following the government’s publishing of its policy paper that attempts to counter unionist concerns about the Withdrawal Agreement and its potential impact on Northern Ireland’s place in the United Kingdom.
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Brexit: why the EU doesn’t want the UK to remain in the backstop indefinitely
It’s pretty clear that the EU does not want the UK to stay in the backstop indefinitely, says Professor David Phinnemore.