Europe and Brexit
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Northern Ireland Protocol: No agreement on grace period extension so far
Time is running out for an agreement to be reached between the UK and the EU to prevent a huge…
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Limited cross-border health scheme installed
A healthcare scheme which enabled Northern Ireland patients to be reimbursed for some treatments in other EU members states has…
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UK looks to shake up data protection laws post-Brexit
Alongside disagreement on the Northern Ireland Protocol, relationships between the EU and the UK look set to be further tested…
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Brexit and health
An EU scheme which facilitated over £50 million worth of cross-border healthcare has not been replaced post-Brexit, narrowing the options…
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A frosty reception
The elevation of David Frost MP as Minister for EU relations in Boris Johnson’s cabinet has led to increased tensions…
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Brexit: The financial settlement
The UK’s Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) estimates a divorce bill of around £33 billion for the UK as a…
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Horizon involvement not signed off
The future of almost €100 million of Brexit-threatened EU funding drawn down by researchers and businesses in Northern Ireland for…
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Executive collaboration under scrutiny
Collective decision-making in Northern Ireland’s Executive is to once again become a source of tension after the interim Agriculture’s Minister’s…
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Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol: Article 16
Article 16 should not be regarded as a mechanism which offers an immediate reversion to the pre-Brexit status quo in…
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A ‘slower’ hard Brexit
Despite Boris Johnson’s claim that the Christmas Eve agreement represented a “good deal for the whole of Europe”, the actual…
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