The negotiating teams have achieved something monumental but this is nevertheless really only the beginning of the future relationship.
- Professor of European Politics, Queen's University Belfast
The Northern Ireland Assembly will be consulted on the backstop, but there will no veto.
The EU doesn’t want a temporary solution to become permanent.
Both sides seem open to a longer Article 50 process after talks in Brussels went nowhere.
Is the UK’s Brexit plan enough to avoid a hard Irish border?
Theresa May has reached an agreement with the EU that will enable her to proceed to the second stage of Brexit negotiations. Here’s what it all means.
The UK was a founding member of EFTA in 1960 and only left to join the EU.
The two-year period for withdrawing from the EU has been launched, so what happens next?
It’s almost as though Europe saw Brexit coming when the Treaties of Rome were signed in 1957.
If free movement of people is not on the table, then neither is single market access.
After voting to remain in the EU by 11 points, Northern Ireland must work out where its interests lie – and how best to defend them.
Voting out is not a return ticket, unless you’re ready to eat some serious humble pie – and join the euro.
If the current pace of negotiations continues, Brexit backers needn’t worry about a new partner for decades.
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