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This thinking in London from @Conservatives is just very unwise. Why? @BrigidLaffan
1. @BorderIrish is a European & US issue not just Irish issue-listen to German President today. 2. UK redlines mean that future relationship cannot solve the border so there will have to be special arrangements. 3. UK had 3 years to offer legal solutions-could not.@BrigidLaffan
4. If U.K. leaves without a deal-damage to N. Ireland very serious. 5. Irish electorate has watched this saga unfold & will not blame Irish Gov. 5. If U.K. ever wants a deal with EU, Oireachtas will have to agree. @BrigidLaffan
5. U.K. has even begun to contemplate the hit to its reputation if @BorderIrish is not properly addressed. Peace came dripping slow & UK has a historical legacy to contend with.
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Short thread on Ireland’s management of Brexit negs. 1. Ireland did its homework & had a contingency plan ready by 24th June 2016. 2. Ireland held 400 meetings with partners between June 2016 and March 2017. @BrigidLaffan
3. Ireland worked to get border as a priority because it did not want the border to be a pawn in future relationship negs. For Ireland it was not technical or about trade, it was about the stability of the island. @BrigidLaffan
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Short thread 1. Not sure that @SteveBarclay & @Theresa_May are fully aware of what they are asking of #EU27 to make one last shove to get the deal over the line. The EU has been here before with David Cameron. Context is everyhing. @BrigidLaffan
2. EU was grappling with the Euro crisis followed by the refugee crisis in summer 2015 when David Cameron came calling for his renegotiation. Despite misgivings, UK’s partners gave him significant concessions & there was unhappiness in other member states. @BrigidLaffan
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Thank you @jillongovt for posting this-must listen. Great to have a focus on the future. Interestingly I disagree with Sir Ivan on his portrayal of the #EU approach to negs- technocratic & run by the theologians & not strategic in summary. @BrigidLaffan
In my view EU had 3 strategic interests to protect in Brexit negs which it has done. 1. Following the portrayal of EU as weak & disintegrating during ref, EU had to assert its centrality in Europe. @BrigidLaffan
2. Membership has to matter/a departing state that wants to retain a lot of the status quo cannot be allowed to do so. 3. The rules based system had to be protected. @BrigidLaffan
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