... policy goals. Great Britain is now facing several challenges: How will relations between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland develop? What will happen to the customs and border regime between the states? Will Britain strive for closer military ... ... foreign policy issues were reflected at the Ian Bond’s lecture.
Brexit also brings inevitable changes in the policy of the European Union, where the UK's contribution to the expansion of the Union and the development of a common market cannot be underestimated....
Reforms Across the PIGS
In mid-May last year, Portugal officially exited the financial assistance program launched in 2011 by the European Union, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund. Although it was not the first country to turn its back on these loans (Ireland had that honor), Portugal has attracted significant public attention. After a painstaking implementation of international creditors’ guidelines, Lisbon has progressed along the path of reform and returned to the world credit market. Spain ...
Separatists in Europe: Strangers among Friends
Separatism is most apparent in certain regions of such European Union members as Great Britain (Scotland, Northern Ireland), Spain (Catalonia, Basque Provinces), Belgium (Flanders), Italy (northern provinces), and France (Corsica). Separatist activity manifests not only within the political sphere, but sometimes (in Northern Ireland, Basque Country and Corsica) it ...
