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Conflict over Northern Ireland protocol will persist

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UNITED KINGDOM

Through a joint EU-UK committee, the NIP's purpose is to implement a regulatory and customs border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom. Amid trade…

May is likely to survive UK cabinet resignations

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UNITED KINGDOM

A large number of other Conservative members of parliament are also unhappy with aspects of the Chequers statement, which sets out plans for close ties with the EU for trade in…

Regulatory divergence would prolong EU-UK tensions

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UNITED KINGDOM

Thus far, the UK government has signalled a willingness to diverge from the EU’s GDPR regulations and from standards on gene editing, medical devices, chemicals and trademarks.

UK Premier May will moderate pro-Brexit policy

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UNITED KINGDOM

She has exploited her unexpectedly strong mandate among the parliamentary party and the fact that she has succeeded David Cameron several weeks earlier than anticipated to make…

Brexit statements suggest a landing zone is possible

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EU/UK

EU/UK: Statement suggest Brexit deal is possible

EU faces difficult balancing act over Northern Ireland

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EU/UK

EU/UK: Brussels faces difficult choices over NIP

UK cabinet resignations heighten no-deal Brexit risk

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UNITED KINGDOM

UNITED KINGDOM: No-confidence vote will be very tight

EU-UK trade war remains unlikely despite escalation

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EU/UK

The move is viewed in Brussels as an attempt to force the EU into re-writing the protocol agreement, something which the EU vehemently rejects. The EU has a range of retaliatory…

Northern Ireland’s DUP faces daunting challenges

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UNITED KINGDOM

Poots’s election comes against the backdrop of Unionist anger over the Northern Ireland protocol (NIP) and the DUP’s dwindling support in the polls. Poots has said his main…

May will have to negotiate Brexit in EU and at home

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EU/UK

The next challenge for UK Prime Minister Theresa May is to reconcile the requirements laid down by the EU and domestic political pressures in progressing the Brexit talks still…