Will the new UK deal with the EU over Northern Ireland end the Brexit impasse? | Inside Story
Al Jazeera, 01 Mar 2023
UK and EU leaders have clinched a new deal for Northern Ireland's post-Brexit trading arrangements.
Customs checks and paperwork for goods coming into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK began after Brexit.
Pro-British Unionists say this weakened Northern Ireland's position in the UK and refused to take their seats in the power-sharing government in Belfast.
The new deal - The Windsor Framework - plans to make trade easier.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says it is a 'decisive breakthrough' and a new start for relations with the EU.
European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen says the deal will allow both sides to begin a 'new chapter'.
So is Brexit now finally done - or will there be further objections?
Presenter: Sohail Rahmen
Guests:
Jill Rutter - Senior Research Fellow at UK in a Changing Europe and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government and works on policy and Brexit.
Brian Feeney - a Historian, Author and a Columinst with the Irish News in Belfast.
Donnacha Ó Beacháin - Professor at the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University and author of 'From Partition to Brexit: The Irish Government and Northern Ireland'.
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