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How Ireland is Facing the Threat of a ‘No‐deal' Brexit

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Ireland will be the EU country, after the UK itself, most affected by the economic fall‐out from Brexit. Its agri‐food sector, in particular, has most to fear from the consequences of a disorderly or ‘no‐deal' Brexit. The increased probability of a no‐deal Brexit under Boris Johnson, UK Prime Minister who has succeeded Prime Minister Theresa May, raises three issues for the Irish government. The first is whether to accept some relaxation of the conditions around the backstop in the Withdrawal Agreement if this were the price of UK approval of this Agreement. The second is to prepare for the adverse economic impacts likely from a disorderly Brexit in which the UK leaves without a deal, not least for the agri‐food sector. The third is to work out how to manage the Ireland‐Northern Ireland border in the event of a hard Brexit, given its insistence that it does not plan checks along the land border and nor is it planning for checks in the Irish Sea. This Point de Vue discusses how the Irish government is addressing each of these challenges. Après le Royaume‐Uni, l'Irlande sera le pays de l'Union européenne le plus touché par les retombées économiques du Brexit. Son secteur agroalimentaire, en particulier, a le plus à craindre des conséquences d'un Brexit désordonné ou «sans accord». La probabilité accrue d'un Brexit sans accord sous le gouvernement du Boris Johnson, le Premier ministre britannique qui succède à Theresa May, soulève trois questions pour le gouvernement irlandais. Le premier est de savoir s'il faut accepter un assouplissement des conditions de sécurité minimales dans l'accord de retrait si cela était le prix à payer pour que le Royaume‐Uni approuve cet accord. La seconde consiste à se préparer aux effets économiques défavorables d'un Brexit désordonné au cours duquel le Royaume‐Uni partira sans accord, notamment dans le secteur agroalimentaire. La troisième consiste à déterminer comment gérer la frontière entre l'Irlande et l'Irlande du Nord en cas d'un Brexit dur, compte tenu de son insistance à ne pas organiser de contrôles ni le long de la frontière terrestre ni en mer d'Irlande. Ce Point de Vue explique comment le gouvernement irlandais s'attaque à chacun de ces défis. Irland wird das EU‐Land sein, welches nach dem Vereinigten Königreich selbst am stärksten von den wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen des Brexits betroffen sein wird. Vor allem der irische Agrar‐ und Ernährungssektor hat die Folgen eines ungeordneten oder No‐Deal‐Brexits zu befürchten. Die erhöhte Wahrscheinlichkeit für einen No‐Deal Brexit unter Boris Johnson, dem britischen Premierminister, der die Nachfolge von Premierministerin Theresa May antritt, wirft für die irische Regierung drei Fragen auf. Die erste ist, ob man eine gewisse Lockerung der Bedingungen des im Austrittsabkommen verankerten Backstops akzeptieren sollte, wenn dies der Preis für die Zustimmung des Vereinigten Königreichs zu diesem Abkommen wäre. Zweitens geht es darum, sich auf die negativen wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen eines ungeordneten Brexits – nicht zuletzt auf den Agrar‐ und Lebensmittelsektor – vorzubereiten, bei dem das Vereinigte Königreich ohne Abkommen geht. Drittens gilt es, herauszufinden, wie die Grenze zwischen Irland und Nordirland im Falle eines harten Brexits verwaltet werden kann, da Irland darauf besteht, weder Kontrollen entlang der inneririschen Landesgrenze noch Kontrollen in der Irischen See einzuführen. In diesem Standpunkt wird erörtert, wie die irische Regierung jede einzelne dieser Herausforderungen angeht.

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  • Alan Matthews, 2019. "How Ireland is Facing the Threat of a ‘No‐deal' Brexit," EuroChoices, The Agricultural Economics Society, vol. 18(2), pages 23-27, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:eurcho:v:18:y:2019:i:2:p:23-27
    DOI: 10.1111/1746-692X.12236
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    1. Alan Swinbank, 2022. "The UK’s Agri‐food Trade Policies One Year On From Brexit," EuroChoices, The Agricultural Economics Society, vol. 21(2), pages 11-18, August.

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