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Brexit Republic - Ep. 12
11/10/2018
This week RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin look at: (Another) critical phase in the Brexit negotiations; Mrs Foster meets Mr Barnier; Concerns over the impact of Brexit on the rights enshrined in the Good Friday Agreement.
Jeremy Corbyn has conceded that Brexit may have to be delayed to allow Labour to get a better deal with the EU.
Brexit Republic - Ep. 2
13/07/2018
Ambassador Declan Kelleher about the conduct of negotiations, red lines, the border on the island of Ireland, and the upcoming UK cabinet meeting at Chequers. / Jill Rutter, Institute for Government's Programme Director and an expert commentator on Brexit among other things. The IfG is seen as having an "up close" view of the UK government's thinking.
The Government handed over huge sums of money to the EU to translate negotiations and meetings for them.
An Airbag for the Crash Test Dummies? EU-UK Negotiations for a Post-Withdrawal “Status Quo” Transitional Regime Under Article 50 TEU
01/02/2018
"Due entirely to its own choices, for which it should accept direct responsibility, the UK needs a transitional deal far more than the EU does." - quoted from Concluding remarks
Political declaration but not withdrawal agreement could be re-opened, Michel Barnier says.
Home Office says in letter that it cannot give unilateral assurances until status of Britons in other EU countries is protected.
Theresa May's renegotiation hopes dealt blow as Ireland says backstop 'isn't going to change'
27/01/2019
The prime minister is pinning her strategy on securing a concession to mitigate the indefinite backstop arrangement.
Irish backstop is already a compromise designed around British red lines, says Coveney.
Alexander Stubb, former Prime Minister of Finland, and Komal Sri-Kumar, founder and president at Sri-Kumar Global Strategies, examine the process of Brexit negotiations.
"Not one of those things he promised us has been delivered. So I have seen no evidence that that man is capable of negotiating his way out of the tea room in the House of Commons, let alone us into the biggest market in the world." - Peter Kyle
Simon Coveney reportedly clashed with Jeremy Hunt over UK’s alleged attempts to isolate Ireland.
Theresa May is facing growing calls to say she would delay Brexit rather than leave the EU if no deal is in place by the end of March.
Former UK ambassador Ivan Rogers says PM’s negotiating strategy was doomed to fail
UK government doesn't understand how EU works, says its former ambassador to Brussels Ivan Rogers
04/03/2019
The government does not understand how the EU works and so embarks on negotiating strategies that are doomed to fail, Britain’s former ambassador to Brussels has said.
Efforts by British negotiators to win changes to Theresa May’s Brexit deal are going badly, after talks in Brussels broke up without any progress to report and the EU Commission warned that “no solution” is in sight.
Brexit negotiations "have been difficult" and "no solution has been identified" to the Irish backstop, the European Commission has said.
'Do you think it's practical for us *the UK govt* to require/request multiple extensions?' / What does A50 have to say on the possibility of multiple extensions? / 'If you leave with no deal, you are no longer a member of the EU and you're treated as any other non member state.'
Michel Barnier offers the UK the option of allowing Great Britain out of the backstop. In Pavlovian fashion, Brexiteers cry foul, accuse EU negotiators of bad faith and engage in a broader blame game: it’s all Brussels fault.
‘We are not in a souk:’ Luxembourg’s PM gives exasperated response to UK’s Brexit demands
21/03/2019
'We found the best possible deal and we are not in a souk where we are going to bargain for the next five years'
Calls grow for public inquiry into Brexit
23/03/2019
Investigation could look at ballot wording, May’s red lines and negotiation strategy.