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How Brexit Referendum Will Impact You

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In the aftermath of the recent UK referendum on EU membership, Dr Sergey Popov looks at the economic uncertainty that has happened and how it will affect many UK citizens.

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Breakdown of voting in the UK referendum on EU membership

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The maps below show the breakdown of voting across the UK and by constituency in Northern Ireland in the recent UK referendum on EU membership.

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Northern Ireland prepares to enter a post-Brexit quagmire

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Professor David Phinnemore looks at what happens next for Northern Ireland following the leave victory in the UK referendum on EU membership.

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EU referendum – economics, social policy and employment rights

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In the last of a series of articles on the UK referendum on EU membership, Professor Dagmar Schiek looks at the impact the EU has had as regards free movement of people and the protection of workers’ rights.

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If Britain leaves the EU, could it simply rejoin?

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In the run-up to next week’s UK referendum on EU membership, Professor David Phinnemore reflects on what would happen if there were a Brexit but the UK changed its mind down the line…

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What does the 23 June mean for Northern Ireland specifically? Legal Perspectives no 3: Equality legislation

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In the third of three articles on the legal implications of a Brexit on Northern Ireland, Professor Dagmar Schiek looks at the future of equality law and policy in Northern Ireland.

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The EU Referendum & Northern Ireland: ask the experts

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In the run-up to the UK referendum on continued EU membership, opinions are divided and very pronounced. With such an important decision ahead, come along to Queen’s University on 7 June and hear everything you wanted to know about the EU but were afraid to ask!

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Mobility & Equality in the EU: Friend or Foe?

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Is Free Movement, or mobility, of Persons in the European Union still maintained as a fundamental principle under the UK’s threat to withdraw from the EU? Or will the EU betray its principles and foreswear equal treatment of free moving citizens? An afternoon seminar chaired by Professor Dagmar Schiek, Queen’s.

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What does the 23 June mean for Northern Ireland specifically? Legal Perspectives no 2: Peace

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In the second of three blogs on the legal implications of a Brexit on Northern Ireland, Professor Dagmar Schiek looks at the role of the EU in the Northern Ireland peace process and highlights the barriers for continuing this process without the common membership of the UK and Ireland in the EU.

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EU Referendum: Border impact of a Brexit on Northern Ireland

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In the latest of a series of QPol articles around the forthcoming UK referendum on EU membership, Professor Dagmar Schiek asks what does the 23 June mean for Northern Ireland specifically in terms of border issues and highlights some legal truths that are being neglected in the debate.

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Never mind Brexit scaremongering – Turkey is a long way from joining the EU

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With the enlargement of the EU back in the headlines thanks to the Brexit debate and the Syrian refugee crisis, David Phinnemore and Erhan İçener look at the lack of progress in Turkey’s application for EU membership and question whether Turkey, and indeed certain Member States, have the will for them to accede.

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EU Commissioner on effect of Brexit on Irish Agriculture: North and South

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A packed house gathered recently at the Gibson Institute for Land, Food and Environment at Queen’s University to listen to EU Commissioner Phil Hogan deliver this year’s Gibson Lecture on Irish Agriculture and Brexit.

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