Europe and Brexit
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Policing the border: station numbers reduced
Since 1998, 72 per cent of PSNI border stations have been shut, raising questions as to whether sufficient resources exist…
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Diane Dodds MEP: Getting out from within
Long-serving DUP MEP and self-professed Eurosceptic, Diane Dodds, talks with David Whelan on the need for an over-arching free trade…
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The Norway-Sweden model
The Norway-Sweden border is regarded as constituting “the most advanced customs solutions in the world” utilising all the WTO’s international…
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Mairead McGuinness MEP
Vice-President of the European Parliament and Fine Gael MEP discusses the challenges of Brexit and her involvement in the ongoing…
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The UK-EU Joint Report and Scenarios for the post-Brexit Irish border
Political Sociologist of Queen’s University Belfast Katy Hayward explores what completion of phase one of the Brexit negotiations determines and…
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‘Bespoke’ deal not an option
As pointed out by many commentators following the triggering of Article 50, the timeframe for which Britain has to strike…
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Gradual divergence
The UK Government appears to have coined the phrase ‘gradual divergence’ to indicate their desire for a smooth transition away…
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Deal not done
Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson talks to David Whelan about the hurdles that still have to be overcome in phase…
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DExEU to investigate why staff are leaving
A report published by the UK’s National Audit Office has highlighted a four times greater than average turnover rate of…
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Living with a hard Brexit
Philip Pettit, LS Rockefeller University professor of politics and human values at Princeton University, analyses the commitments made by the…
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