More Brexit questions than answers as October 31 deadline nears

Well over three years after Britain anunced it would split from European Union, everything regarding Brexit is still in limbo and early hopes of an amicable split have turned into reality of a bitter, battling divorce. Britain is scheduled to leave on October 31, but much is still uncertain, especially in Ireland. Here are some of unresolved questions about Brexit as Britain’s political drama hes into its possible final weeks.

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If Britain wants to split so b why is it taking so long?

impending divorce has actually split U.K. to core, making for vitriolic debates from household dinner tables to House of Commons. That’s hardly an ideal situation for British negotiators facing an unusually united front among 27 remaining EU nations. When previous British Prime Minister resa May finally came home with a Brexit compromise divorce deal, it was rejected, t once, but three times by British Parliament. So, EU basically has a Brexit deal it respects but one that Britain has failed to pass.

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To untangle kt, in walks new Prime Minister Boris Johnson, using his tempestuous personality to try to change in days what Brexit negotiators have been working on for years. changes that he is demanding are fundamental, especially on relationship between U.K’s rrn Ireland and EU member Ireland. Reactions on continent to Johnson’s proposals are increasingly negative, especially on Thursday.

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What can still be done in four weeks?

Johnson says more than eugh. EU says t much. On an issue like border of Ireland, Johnson sought to wipe slate clean and start afresh. Even if, unlikely as it is, progress is me to meet Johnson’s demands over coming days, it would be next to impossible to produce it in legally binding texts in time. So on continent, most optimistic view is that Britain will need ar Brexit extension past Oct. 31 to iron out those details. That, however, goes against Johnson’s promise to take U.K. out of EU by that date “do or die.”

What is so difficult about Irish border?

border between Ireland and rrn Ireland is as big a stumbling block as one can find.
Neir side wants a hard border. absence of border checks has been a prime accomplishment of Good Friday peace agreement that in 1998 helped curtail deces of violence, and unfettered border between Republic of Ireland and rrn Ireland has helped business development on both sides. problem comes when Britain leaves EU, because Brexit will mean currently wide-open border on island of Ireland marks a new dividing line between EU and U.K. And U.K. will longer abide by EU tring rules, so new ones will be needed.

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What is Boris Johnson’s plan to resolve this?

Britain’s new Brexit proposal, given to EU on Wednesday, calls for rrn Ireland to leave EU Customs Union, which would mean it would be in a separate customs territory to Ireland. This means customs checks and customs declarations for trucks crossing border, for example — which sounds a lot like a physical border. But British government proposal calls for customs declarations to be me electronically and for only a very small number of physical checks on goods, which would t be me at border but at warehouses or or designated locations. Britain says both sides would agree t to make checks at actual border.

How will this invisible border work?

re would have to be a new system of customs declarations and checks, with British government hoping techlogical solutions can be found to streamline paperwork. EU has alrey poured very cold water on this. new plan also calls on rrn Ireland to keep following EU’s single market rules, which will longer apply to rest of UK. As a result, re will have to be a new system of checks on goods being transported between rrn Ireland and British mainland.

Voters in rrn Ireland wanted to stay in EU. Do y get any say?

Johnson is proposing that rrn Ireland Assembly be given a chance to approve or reject Brexit border arrangement, and n have a chance to extend it every four years. This plan depends on rrn Ireland’s power-sharing assembly, which was set up by Good Friday peace accord, being brought back to life. Power-sharing collapsed two years ago and has t been revived. This proposal is something EU, and Ireland, in particular, disagrees with since it gives a regional legislature in a n-EU nation outsized impact on policies of EU’s 27 remaining nations.

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