Article Sixteen Vandals

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🗓️ 2 February 2021

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Summary

The European Commission has rowed back on their 'hugely inflammatory' attempt to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland protocol, after outcry from the British and Irish governments. The fact that it was even attempted in the first place exposes a misunderstanding of the Irish border on the part of the EU, and sets a dangerous precedent.

On this episode of the New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss why the decision was made to invoke the clause, and the implications it raises. Then, in You Ask Us, they answer your question on whether a nominally leftwing party can ever justify a closed border policy.

Further Reading:

Stephen writes that the EU doesn't understand the Irish border any better than the Brexiteers do.

Ailbhe argues that by attempting to trigger Article 16, the EU has lost the moral high ground.

Anoosh has been following the cladding crisis, and reports here on the millions of people stuck in unsafe homes as a result.

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Topics in this episode

Europe

Ireland

Northern Ireland

Article 16

Northern Ireland protocol

Brexit

Covid-19

Vaccine

The DUP

Conservatives

European Commission

People in this episode

Arlene Foster

Boris Johnson

Ursula Von der Layen

Jean Claude Juncker

Keir Starmer

Stephen Bush

Anoosh Chakelian

Ailbhe Rea

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1:36.5	on today's new statesman podcast we discuss the European Commission and its vaccine chaos and you ask us is it ever right for a left-wing party to propose closing borders. So we're just coming out of a weekend of apparent chaos in the European Commission
1:52.0	when they suggested on Friday night that they were going to stop
1:56.3	exports of the vaccine from the EU, so from Ireland over the border to Northern Ireland, which sort of flew in the face of the Brexit Agreement and casually cast aside the Northern Ireland protocol.
2:08.0	They did U-turn, but there's still quite a lot of condemnation from all sides about that move.
2:13.7	Alva you were up on Friday evening covering the ins and outs.
2:17.2	What actually happened?
2:18.4	On Friday evening the European Commission triggered Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol,
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