How the Irish Republic is making the best of Brexit
The North is finding things harder
THE NEW trade frontier between Northern Ireland and the British mainland was intended as a conflict-prevention measure, allowing Great Britain to leave the European Union’s single market without reimposing a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic to the south. So far, not so good.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Pluses and minuses”
Europe May 8th 2021
- Ten years after Spain’s indignados protests
- A court ruling triggers a big change in Germany’s climate policy
- How the Irish Republic is making the best of Brexit
- France worries about how to handle released terrorists
- In Turkey’s latest covid-19 lockdown, alcohol sales are barred
- Meet the man who could oust Viktor Orban, Hungary’s strongman
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