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"Brexit and the Global Economy" - Mohamed A. El-Erian

The United Kingdom’s divorce negotiations with the European Union have dragged on through multiple déjà vu moments, and the consensus among experts is that the economic fallout will be felt far more acutely in Britain than in the EU. But policymakers worldwide would benefit from watching the process closely.

"Ireland is right not to trust the British on the border. History shows why" - Caoimhín de Barra

The arbitrary line of partition London imposed on the Free State in 1920 helped to spark the Troubles, and is still a lingering grievance

"Three reasons remainers should stop calling for a second referendum on Brexit" - Denis MacShane

Focusing on another vote means the real work of grassroots campaigning and persuasion hasn’t taken place

"The rebel’s revenge: Corbyn has created the conditions for Labour to win again" - Jason Cowley

These are new times, as we keep saying. Now to try to understand them.

Pettigo - Susan McKay

In last year’s referendum, a majority of Northern Irish citizens voted against Brexit. For the most part, unionists were for it, nationalists and republicans against. Overall, 56 per cent voted to remain in the EU. Along the border with the Republic of Ireland, that figure rose to 65 per cent, though many in these parts did not cast their vote. ‘I didn’t understand it,’ one local man, Mervyn Johnston, told me. On the map, the village of Pettigo, where Johnston lives, is all but obliterated by the strong red line of the border as it staggers drunkenly across the country. At the centre of the village, most of which lies in Co. Donegal in the Republic, is a statue that Johnston says is known as ‘the Quiet Man’. A stone figure in a trench coat and peaked cap makes as if to creep towards the old stone bridge over the fast-flowing River Termon. A plaque explains that it is dedicated to the proud memory of four young men who died there ‘fighting against British forces’ in 1922. ‘There’s a right crowd about it on Easter Sunday,’ Johnston said.

"Le Brexit a fait remonter les plus bas instincts" - Ian McEwan

Le grand écrivain britannique, en plein traumatisme post-Brexit, n’attend rien des législatives qui se sont tenues jeudi au Royaume-Uni. Mais il garde espoir en une jeunesse prête à reprendre le combat européen.

"Let the people speak: why spiked welcomes the snap election" - Brendan O'Neill

This is a great opportunity to deepen the democratic spirit of Brexit.

Portugal na imprensa estrangeira - "Brexit vote sparks rush of British Jews seeking Portuguese passports" - Sam Jones

More Sephardic Jews are applying for citizenship of Portugal under law making amends for expulsion centuries ago

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Assim vai a Europa! - "Northern Ireland: an uncertain peace" - Matthew Engel

In the week an election was called and Martin McGuinness quit as deputy first minister, a walk through Portadown reveals political and cultural changes that will radically affect the region’s political future.

"The European Union First" - Javier Solana

The world needs the European Union now more than ever. Despite recent crises and the hard blow dealt by the Brexit vote, the EU may well be the world’s best line of defense against today’s most serious threats: isolationism, protectionism, nationalism, and extremism in all forms, all of which are once again growing in Europe and beyond. The key to enabling the EU to meet this potential – to save itself and the world from catastrophe – is for member states urgently to adopt a “European Union first” mantra.

"The Year That Ended an Epoch?" - Javier Solana

As 2016 comes to an end, the outlook for 2017 is shrouded in uncertainty. Tensions in the Middle East are rising, and populist movements have appeared in Europe and the United States.

"This Brexit plan will divide Britain and Ireland once more" - Diarmaid Ferriter

The proposal to move the UK’s border to Irish ports and airports risks undoing the hard-won gains of the peace process

"How the EU’s Greek Tragedy Became a British Farce"

Out-of-Touch Elites Have Themselves to Blame for Losing Voters to "Populism"

"Europe’s Left after Brexit" - Yanis Varoufakis

Preface: This article (published in edited form in Jacobin, Neues Deutschland, Il Manifesto, Mediapart and elsewhere) addresses left-wing critics of DiEM25 claiming that DiEM25 is pursuing the wrong objective (to democratise the EU) by means of a faulty strategy (focusing at the European rather than at the national level). This response, while addressed to left-wing supporters of Lexit (the strategy of calling for referenda in favour of leaving the EU, Brexit style), is pertinent also as questions raised often within the other political traditions that DiEM25 seeks to unite in the struggle to democratise Europe; i.e. authentic liberals, ecologists, feminists, members of pirate parties, activists unwilling to be embedded in existing parties, progressive conservatives even.

"Europe’s Brexit Hangover" - Nouriel Roubini

The market reaction to the Brexit shock has been mild compared to two other recent episodes of global financial volatility: the summer of 2015 (following fears of a Chinese hard landing) and the first two months of this year (following renewed worries about China, along with other global tail risks). The shock was regional rather than global, with the market impact concentrated in the United Kingdom and Europe; and the volatility lasted only about a week, compared to the previous two severe risk-off episodes, which lasted about two months and led to a sharp correction in US and global equity prices.

"After Brexit, Northern Irish politics will again be dominated by the border" - Ian McBride

The vote to leave the EU breaches the spirit of the Good Friday agreement and could lead to its unravelling

"Direct Democracy and Brexit" - Peter Singer

... Independently of what we think about Britain leaving the EU, we can ask two other questions, one general and one specific to Brexit. First, to what extent should the citizens of a democracy be able to make decisions directly, in a referendum, rather than through their elected representatives? And, more specifically, should British legislators consider themselves bound by the outcome of the June 23 referendum?...