Theresa May’s Irish Trilemma

The EU is pushing the UK into a ‘trilemma’, which means that it can only choose two of three options: leaving the single market and customs union, maintaining a border-free Ireland, and pursuing a whole-UK approach to Brexit.

UK: Parliament: House of Lords: Committees: EU Select Committee: News, 27.02.18: Tensions in UK position on Brexit and Irish border need to be ‘settled now’ http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/eu-select-committee-/news-parliament-2017/uk-irish-relations-letter-270218/

Blog: The UK in a Changing Europe, 05.12.17: [Brexit: The Northern Ireland border with Ireland]: Why the Republic and Northern Ireland need shared regulatory frameworks / Ireland: The final barrier to a December Brexit deal / Prime Minister's commitments to Northern Ireland (et al) http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-northern-ireland-border-with-ireland-why-the-republic-and-northern-ireland-need-shared-regulatory-frameworks-ireland-the-final-barrier-to-a-december-brexit-deal-prime-ministers-co/

Blog: Federal Trust, 05.12.17: Ulster and Brexit: The shape of things to come http://fedtrust.co.uk/ulster-and-brexit-the-shape-of-things-to-come/

Blog: UK in a Changing Europe, 05.12.17: Brexit: widespread opposition across UK to controls along the Irish border http://ukandeu.ac.uk/brexit-widespread-opposition-across-uk-to-controls-along-the-irish-border/

Blog: UK in a Changing Europe, 07.12.17: No, the Northern Ireland Brexit solution was not going to break up the United Kingdom http://ukandeu.ac.uk/no-the-northern-ireland-brexit-solution-was-not-going-to-break-up-the-united-kingdom/

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