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Four key quotes from my piece on the Ulster conundrum at the heart of what may soon be a continental crisis:
1) V senior EU27 official: "The major mistake of the British govt is she did not push back vigorously enough on the definition of a 'hard border.'”
politico.eu/article/brexit…
1) V senior EU27 official: "The major mistake of the British govt is she did not push back vigorously enough on the definition of a 'hard border.'”
politico.eu/article/brexit…
2) The official said even in Dublin there was some unease at the Irish government’s hard-line position. “There were differences of opinion on [whether] the interpretation of the Good Friday Agreement had been taken too far."
3) Senior UK official: “Merkel doesn’t get it. She has taken her own lessons, and has drawn the wrong conclusion. For her it’s just about the border with Ireland, but she doesn’t or can’t see the fears of the unionists about a new border being erected with the rest of the UK."
4) UK government official **in 1976**: “Power sharing cannot be imposed. The history of Northern Ireland has shown that any party representing a sizeable group within the community has the power to bring ordered government to an end."
