Queen's Policy Engagement

Tag Archive: eu

Queen’s Policy Engagement Post-Brexit Clinic May 2022

Queen's Policy Engagement

The presentations and the recording of the 17 May 2022 Post-Brexit Clinic are now available.

Leave a Comment

Understanding the role of European Council summits in reaching the Good Friday Agreement

Queen's Policy Engagement

One of the most sensitive issues during the Brexit process has been the impact of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU on Northern Ireland. Darren Litter argues that against this backdrop, the important role that European Council summits played in the Northern Ireland peace process has largely been overlooked.

Leave a Comment

How does the UK Internal Market Bill relate to Northern Ireland?

Queen's Policy Engagement

As the UK Internal Market Bill has its Second Reading in the House of Lords, how does it relate to Northern Ireland? Professor Katy Hayward provides the answers, in 5 key points.

Leave a Comment

Brexit 2020: Where are we now?

Queen's Policy Engagement

Who better to tell us than Dr Katy Hayward who has produced this short summary following a recent online event with community workers and leaders across Northern Ireland.

Leave a Comment

Chlorinated chickens cluck again

Queen's Policy Engagement

Dr Viviane Gravey and Professor Charlotte Burns from Sheffield University look at how the US continues to push for the inclusion of meat produced at lower standards in the UK-US trade deal currently under negotiation.

Leave a Comment

How Can and Should the European Union respond to COVID-19 beyond short-termism….?

Queen's Policy Engagement

In this special long read article, Professor Dagmar Schiek looks at the EU’s response to date to the Covid crisis and asks what more should the European Union be doing?

Leave a Comment

New report on Parliament and Brexit

Queen's Policy Engagement

Parliament faced unprecedented challenges during the tumultuous Brexit years – many of which remain unresolved – finds a new academic report by the UK in a Changing Europe.

Leave a Comment

Borders: Lessons from Ireland

Queen's Policy Engagement

In the event of Scottish independence, what would a Scotland-England land border look like? Dr Katy Hayward argues that Scotland might not receive the special treatment that the Withdrawal Agreement gives to Northern Ireland

Leave a Comment

The Brexit divorce and the problem child: Or, why Northern Ireland will not sit down and shut up

Queen's Policy Engagement

Northern Ireland’s complex parentage raises problems for Brexit. Dr Katy Hayward argues that both the UK and the EU are making the mistake of viewing Northern Ireland as a potential risk rather than a joint responsibility.

Leave a Comment

Brexit, transition and Northern Ireland

Queen's Policy Engagement

The UK’s withdrawal from the EU is scheduled for 11pm on Friday 31 January. Professor David Phinnemore explores the important decisions relating to Northern Ireland that will need to be taken by the UK-EU Joint Committee in 2020.

Leave a Comment

The backstop: shifting goalposts, shifting red lines

Queen's Policy Engagement

Having physical infrastructure and additional checks and controls away from the border does not avoid a hard border; it simply places the hardened post-Brexit border elsewhere says Lisa Whitten and David Phinnemore.

Leave a Comment

Recent no-deal threats show dangerous disregard for Northern Ireland and its fragile peace

Queen's Policy Engagement

With Brexit day approaching and the risk of no deal contributing to a growing sense of crisis in Northern Ireland, Dr Katy Hayward argues that the backstop is needed to protect hard-won peace.

Leave a Comment