Category: Europe
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Democratic Consent and the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland
Professor David Phinnemore takes a closer look at the democratic consent mechanism that the UK government secured as part of the revised terms of withdrawal agreed in October 2019.
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Queen’s Policy Engagement December Brexit Clinic – Slides now Available
The Slides are now available from the recent December Brexit Clinic.
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Brexit, transition and Northern Ireland
The UK’s withdrawal from the EU is scheduled for 11pm on Friday 31 January. Professor David Phinnemore explores the important decisions relating to Northern Ireland that will need to be taken by the UK-EU Joint Committee in 2020.
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Slides Now Available from November Brexit Clinic
The latest Brexit Clinic from Queen’s Policy Engagement took place on 5 November as part of the 2019 ESRC Festival of Social Science.
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The Revised Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland
In the following article, Dr Katy Hayward provides a summary of the key points contained in the Revised Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland.
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The Border into Brexit
Perspectives from Local Communities in the Central Border Region of Ireland/Northern Ireland – a new report by Dr Katy Hayward
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Finding a way back to the EU
The Good Friday Agreement contains a mechanism that would allow Northern Ireland to return to the European Union. The EU has confirmed that this will be automatic. Yet this remains a neglected aspect of current constitutional conversations. It is likely that the appetite for this discussion will intensify in the years ahead, linked to Brexit…
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The biggest obstacle to a workable backstop alternative lies not in the EU, but the UK
With the pressure on the Prime Minister to propose a viable alternative to the backstop, Dr Katy Hayward summarises the options and challenges of alternative arrangements.
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The backstop: shifting goalposts, shifting red lines
Having physical infrastructure and additional checks and controls away from the border does not avoid a hard border; it simply places the hardened post-Brexit border elsewhere says Lisa Whitten and David Phinnemore.
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Boris, Brexit, and the Border: An incendiary mix
The Irish border has become something of a potential tripwire for Boris Johnson’s premiership says Dr Katy Hayward