Professor of European Politics, Queen's University Belfast. EU politics, treaty reform, enlargement, Brexit/Protocol/Windsor Framework
Caveats and recommendations
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But a handful led by Germany and the Netherlands have argued against…
“Member state ambassadors will meet on Tuesday to try to thrash out a solution.”
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“The delay was caused by divisions over whether the UK should pay into the EU’s regional funds…
“A majority…
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Commission's proposal for negotiating mandate made no mention of it
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“32. The SPS Agreement should provide for an appropriate financial contribution from the United Kingdom to support the relevant costs associated with the European Union’s work in this policy area.”
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- UK Government considering all possibilities to reduce frictions on GB-NI movement of goods
- UK Government and NI Executive emphasising benefits of dual market access
NI voters are most supportive of UK-EU plans for:
- closer cooperation on health security (e.g. in relation to pandemics)
- an SPS agreement likely to reduce the impact of the Irish Sea border.
For most respondents, priority concerns are around health and social care provision, and the economy and cost of living...
Only business representatives are trusted by the majority of voters...
46% currently view its impact on the economy as positive, so down on February 2024 (56%); 36% view the impact as negative...
The issue on which there is most consensus is that Brexit is on balance a bad thing for Northern Ireland: 63% think so, including 55% strongly, compared to 31% thinking it good...
While most voters in Northern Ireland are either generally accepting or supportive of the Windsor Framework, overall support has weakened...
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Reposted by Simon Usherwood
"labyrinthine complexity of the institutional architecture of the Windsor Framework makes it impossible for stakeholders to navigate"
A detailed report.
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Reposted by Katy Hayward
Join @katyhayward.bsky.social and me on Friday 24 October as we present the findings from our latest polling with @lucidtalk.bsky.social
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CES is pleased to invite submissions for its 32nd International Conference of Europeanists, to be held in Dublin, June 16–18, 2025.
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Reposted by Steve Peers, Andrew Scott
‘Nearly two-thirds (63 per cent) of voters back the deal…
Work still to be done on 'full, timely and faithful' implementation.
More detail than in past statements
Value of stakeholder engagement flagged
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'While the gathering hasn’t lived up to the hype set by Macron, most of those who spoke to POLITICO said it would be wrong to consider it a failure. Dialogue doesn’t hurt anyone, after all.'
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