Ireland escaped it beautiful. In the front line on Brexit, the country could have seen all of its economic growth evaporate in the event of the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union without agreement on January 31, or even enter into recession.
The exit agreement concluded by Boris Johnson with Brussels at the end of November resolved the impossible puzzle of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic in the south. It will remain virtual. The controls of goods will take place during their sea crossing between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Throughout the negotiations, the outgoing Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar, fought, supported by Europeans, to protect Irish interests. Hence his political calculation to call the elections just after the date of Brexit. However, if it has dissipated, the uncertainty has not completely evaporated. The fear of the “no deal” was simply pushed back to the end of 2020, at the end of the transition period, in
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