Europe and Brexit

Cross-border complications

Throughout the Brexit negotiations, a consistent stumbling block has arisen in questions around cross-border supply chains and future ramifications for…

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The appeasement plan

Chief political commentator at the Financial Times, Philip Stephens, has described the mandate secured by Prime Minister Theresa May to…

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Brexit and the economy: What lies ahead?

Nina Skero, head of macroeconomics at the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), offers a forecast into the economic…

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Brexit chaos

With the UK leaving the European Union on 29 March 2019, the chaos that is Brexit continues. Owen McQuade looks…

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MEPs: A view on the agreement

The terms of the withdrawal agreement have divided opinions across the UK and within Parliament to the extent that the…

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Northern Ireland and the withdrawal agreement

Queen’s University Belfast’s David Phinnemore and Katy Hayward analyse the ‘Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland’ within the withdrawal agreement, the purported…

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Brexit: Where are we now?

As the Brexit negotiations reach a critical phase, Owen McQuade reflects on the current state of the negotiations in which…

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Barnett for agriculture?

The release of ‘no deal’ contingency plans by the UK Government has once again raised concerns that the Barnett formula…

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Brexit, borders and criminal justice

Katy Hayward of Queen’s University Belfast offers her reflections on Brexit, borders and their potential impacts on criminal justice co-operation…

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The US-Canada-Mexico Agreement: a Brexit precedent?

After a lengthy period of fraught negotiations between Ottawa and Washington, top negotiators have announced an agreement which will see…

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