Category: Europe
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The Future of National Borders Across These Islands
Dr Katy Hayward talks all things borders and Brexit at the recent John Hewitt International Summer School.
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Competition Policy after Brexit: Ending the One Stop Shop?
As the process of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU continues, Professor Lee McGowan looks at the policy considerations and implications of the UK taking back control of competition policy.
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The Irish Border as a Customs Frontier after Brexit
When the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, the status of its land border with the Republic of Ireland will inevitably change says Dr Katy Hayward.
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A hard Irish border is quite possible, a frictionless one is an oxymoron
The prospects for frictionless and invisible solutions for the Irish border after Brexit are limited. Dr Katy Hayward outlines a practical summary of the difference that would be made by a hard Brexit to the movement of goods across the Irish border.
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After Brexit: the EFTA option
As the UK government’s plans for Brexit remain very much a work in progress, Professor David Phinnemore and Cenni Najy ask what would EFTA membership mean for the UK post-Brexit.
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Northern Ireland’s complexity is its strength
Brexit negotiations make it a testbed for the EU’s flexibility and the UK’s resilience and a renewal of the multilayered 1998 Agreement is the best way forward says Dr Katy Hayward.
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Borders of the Future: Brexit and Bordering Ireland
If nobody wants a return to the borders of the past, then what will the borders of the future look like asks Professor Cathal McCall.
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The EU’s farming policy is hated – but what comes next may be worse
Of all the EU’s policies, CAP has always received the worst press in the UK. Dr Viviane Gravey points out that although this EU farming policy may be hated, what comes next may be even worse.
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How Northern Ireland voted in the EU referendum – and what it means for border talks
As the UK seeks to negotiate its way out of the EU, one particularly thorny problem will be the nature of the border the UK will have with the EU, and specifically how this will affect Northern Ireland and Ireland.
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Article 50 triggered: here’s what happens now
Theresa May has finally triggered Article 50 so the process of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU has begun. Professor David Phinnemore lays out the various stages in the negotiations over the next two years.