Northern Ireland

Cosa sta succedendo nel Regno Unito, ormai a quasi otto anni dal referendum che ne ha sancito l’uscita dall’Unione Europea? Come si sono evolute la sua politica interna e quella estera alla luce di una svolta che istintivamente ha guardato…

La nomina di Liz Truss a nuovo Primo Ministro del Regno Unito non ha creato particolare stupore. Già da agosto i principali sondaggi la davano come favorita alla successione di Boris Johnson rispetto allo sfidante, il ministro delle Finanze…

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) was an ardent supporter of Brexit during and after the 2016 referendum. The expectation was that Brexit would strengthen unionism. The reality is that the decision to leave the EU on the hardest possible…

Northern Ireland was largely ignored by Boris Johnson’s government when it pursued its Brexit deal. That neglect continues now. One of the worst mistakes was sacking Julian Smith on 13 February 2020, a strong Secretary of State for Northern…

The UK and the EU are so invested in mutually incompatible projects – assertion of national sovereignty and supranational integration – that they keep measuring their own success against the other’s failure. The legal framework agreed by…