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The Brexit Secretary, David Davis, confirmed to Mark Durkan, the SDLP MP for Foyle, that in the event of Northern Ireland becoming part of a united Ireland, "Northern Ireland would be in a position of becoming part of an existing EU member state, rather than seeking to join the EU as a new independent state."
The official EU media (the speeches of the European Commission) frequently referred to the enlargement to the CEE region as "an historical opportunity" and "morally imperative", which reflected the desire of the EU to admit these countries as members, even though they were less developed than the Western European countries. [70]
Serbia and Montenegro, the most advanced candidates in their negotiation processes with the EU, may join the EU sometime between 2025 and 2030. [14] [15] [16] Montenegro's declared political goal is to complete its negotiations by the end of 2026, and achieve membership of the EU by 2028. [4] [5]
The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI) [1] for countries in Europe as included in a United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report (released in 2020). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Previous HDI values and rankings are retroactively recalculated using the same updated data sets and current methodologies, as presented in ...
"If there was a referendum in Northern Ireland asking people whether they want Northern Ireland to remain in the United Kingdom or to unify with the Republic of Ireland, how would you vote in that referendum?" 19 July - 27 August 2024 Social Market Research Belfast [3] 2,034 33.7% 48.6% 14% 3.7% 14.9% 41% to 59%: 9–12 February 2024 LucidTalk ...
The Northern Ireland Office is led by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who sits in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. Much of the population of Northern Ireland identifies with one of two different ideologies: unionism (which wants the region to remain part of the United Kingdom) and Irish nationalism (which wants a united Ireland).
The first ever motion on extending a new EU law to Northern Ireland has been defeated at the Stormont Assembly. The DUP’s Jonathan Buckley said his party voted against introducing a law which he ...
However, this term is also used to refer to the intensification of cooperation between EU member states as national governments allow for the gradual centralising of power within European institutions. In order to join the European Union, a state needs to fulfill the economic and political conditions generally known as the Copenhagen criteria ...