A shared responsibility for Northern Ireland: why the EU and the UK should work together to find flexible solutions after Brexit

Abstract: Even after the Brexit treaties have come into effect, the conflict over how to deal with Northern Ireland is still straining relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom. From London's perspective, the Northern Ireland Protocol leads to unacceptable economic, political, and social disruptions, which is why it is calling for a fundamental renegotiation. The EU, for its part, is accusing the British government of failing to fully comply with its obligations under the protocol. The recent exten­sion of some of the protocol’s grace periods has mitigated the conflict somewhat, but it only works to postpone the difficult decisions into the future. A serious political dispute continues to simmer in the background, with negative implications for the still difficult UK-European relationship. But simply insisting on London’s legal obliga­tions is insufficient - the EU should show flexibility in implementation but demand that London unequivocally accepts the protocol. (author's

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource, 8 S.
Language
Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet

Bibliographic citation
SWP Comment ; Bd. 51/2021

Classification
Wirtschaft

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(who)
SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
(when)
2021
Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Berlin
(who)
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
(when)
2021
Creator
Contributor
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit

DOI
10.18449/2021C51
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-76127-7
Rights
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Associated

  • Ondarza, Nicolai von
  • Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
  • SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.

Time of origin

  • 2021

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