5 slides on the #Brexit #Backstop for Northern Ireland/Ireland from @DPhinnemore and me.
1. Why there will be a Backstop in the Withdrawal Agreement.
Plus a synopsis of the EU and UK positions on the matter.
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2. What is already agreed (green), agreed in principle (yellow), and not agreed (white) in the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the draft EU Withdrawal Agreement.
ec.europa.eu/commission/sit…
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3. What has been offered in writing from the UK government on this Backstop (Protocol).
Ref. the Technical Note on Temporary Customs Arrangements published today.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
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4. If implemented, what could the EU's ‘backstop’ for NI/IRL (as per the draft Protocol) mean for trade and regulatory divergence between Northern Ireland (NI) and the rest of the UK?
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5. If there is a backstop specifically for NI, how ‘hard’ could the Irish sea border become, according to various scenarios for the future UK/EU relationship?
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6. Full slides to be available from @QPol qpol.qub.ac.uk
It's primarily an effort to explain the #Backstop in its current form & to contemplate implications of its implementation.
It's a work in progress. @DPhinnemore & I will publish a revised version as necessary!
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The link to the slides online! Thanks @QPolAtQueens
qpol.qub.ac.uk/uk-withdrawal-…
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