Brexit’s Unfinished Business Risks Scuttling EU-U.K. Trade Deal
- Disagreement over Northern Ireland could mar next set of talks
- Boris Johnson threatens to push issue to the brink, and beyond
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A dispute over an office in Belfast looks to be small potatoes -- but to Ireland’s likely next leader, it’s a sign Britain is already backsliding on the promises it made before it left the European Union.
The U.K.’s refusal to allow the EU to open an office in Northern Ireland is a “demonstration of bad faith,” according to Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin, who is set to succeed Leo Varadkar as prime minister next month. For London, the mini-embassy would be an affront to the province’s unionist community.