Michel Barnier is again threatening a hard border in Ireland as tensions rise on the implementation of the backstop. But as Professor Anthony Coughlan, Emeritus Professor of Trinity College Dublin explains, Barnier’s idle threats merely demonstrate the EU’s cynical approach […]
The European Court of Justice has once again demonstrated its politicised nature, by finding the UK government guilty of a supposed infraction that is DECADES old. The European Commission only brought the case AFTER the UK had voted to leave […]
German foreign policy experts, economists, and even an EU Commissioner are all warning that Brussels’ inadequate Coronavirus relief measures could widen the EU’s the north-south economic divide still further, threatening the EU’s political project. This is an edited version of […]
Brexiteers have been nervously holding their breath for updates on the negotiations between the UK and the EU on the future relationship. Following the depressing experience of the May years, the fear is that the UK side would cave in […]
Retired civil servant and trade consultant Tony Lane argues that the EU is trying to entangle Britain in a neo-colonial trading relationship, to prevent the British economy being seen to prosper after Brexit. Brussels and its British allies are seeking to […]
Singapore’s experience of the COVID-19 crisis shows us exactly why the UK government needs to safeguard our food security as a matter of post-Brexit policy, writes CIB chairman Edward Spalton. We must not become overly-dependent on imports for our food […]
