The purpose of this Briefing Paper is to highlight the urgent need for policy-makers, decision-makers and legislators to assess the impact of a proposed policy, regulation, strategy or law, for example, on their jurisdiction’s borders, and to assess how their implementation has affected the socio-economic conditions of citizens in a border region.1 To undertake such […]
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Briefing Paper: The UK Government’s proposals for an amended Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland
The Centre for Cross Border Studies has published a Briefing Paper setting out its assessment of the UK Government’s latest proposals to amend the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, and the extent to which they are compatible with the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and avoid the creation of new borders within or between these islands as the […]
Read MoreBriefing Paper: The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and (post-Brexit) cross-border environmental cooperation
This Briefing Paper, which forms part of the Centre for Cross Border Studies’ ongoing work into the potential consequences of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union for North-South and cross-border cooperation, has been prompted by the April 2019 publication of an important report commissioned by the Environmental Pillar in conjunction with Northern Ireland Environment […]
Read MoreBriefing Paper 5: The Impact of Brexit on Devolution in Northern Ireland
This is the fifth and final paper from our Briefing Paper Series on Brexit and the UK-Ireland Border. It considers the questions that the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union raises for devolution in Northern Ireland. Such questions are fundamental for the future of regional and UK governance as a whole. Moreover, devolution in […]
Read MoreCentre for Cross Border Studies Statement on draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union
Following the publication on the 14th of November of the draft Agreement on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, and in light of its Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, the Centre for Cross Border Studies has published its response. CCBS Statement on draft EU Withdrawal Agreement
Read MoreStrengthening the Partnership Principle in Border Regions: For greater cross-border cooperation
The European Commission’s White Paper on the Future of Europe prompted renewed discussion about the future of cohesion policy and its partnership principle. In the current debates there is widespread agreement that the partnership principle must be further improved. In the view of the Centre for Cross Border Studies, the required improvement of the partnership […]
Read MoreBriefing Paper ‘The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU’
The fourth Briefing Paper in our “Brexit and the Border” series is now out. It questions the extent to which the negotiations over the UK’s withdrawal from the EU have been able to accommodate all of the dimensions encompassed by the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, and suggests that approaches to the negotiations have been flawed […]
Read MoreCCBS Response to UK Government White Paper: Legislating for the Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union
The Centre for Cross Border Studies has published a response to the White Paper, Legislating for the Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union, published by the Department for Exiting the European Union (July 2018) sets out how the UK Government proposes to legislate for the transposition of the Withdrawal Agreement (which […]
Read MoreCCBS Response to UK Government White Paper
The White Paper, The Future Relationship Between the United Kingdom and the European Union , published by the UK Government (12 July 2018) goes some way to clarifying the UK Government’s position for the forthcoming negotiations with the EU Commission. While at the time of writing, it is impossible to predict whether or not the […]
Read MoreBriefing Note: The Secretary of State’s Changes to Amendment 25 to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill
In light of the current debate in the House of Commons, this Briefing Note reflects on the proposed amendment to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill introduced by Lord Patten and others and the accepted changes by Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis. The Briefing note is available to download here.
Read MoreBriefing Paper 3 of our ‘Brexit and the Border’ Series
‘Briefing Paper 3 of our ‘Brexit and the Border’ Series which discusses relationship between imminent changes in the UK’s trade relations and regulations and the UK-Ireland border, is now available. Available to download through the links below Briefing Paper with Executive Summary Executive Summary
Read MoreCo-Operation Across the Swiss-German Border
Co-operation between Switzerland and its EU-neighbour states is framed by bilateral agreements with both the EU as a whole, and individual states such as Germany. Switzerland’s membership of the Schengen Area enables people to cross from one state to another without having to pass through passport controls at the border. Nevertheless, different duties and limits […]
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