An agreement between Britain and the European Union over post-Brexit trade rules in Northern Ireland appears imminent.
Fixing the so-called Northern Ireland protocol is seen as crucial by political leaders in Belfast and London, as well as Brussels and even Washington.
But pro-British unionists argue that weakens Northern Ireland's place within the UK, and as part of their vehement opposition to it, have collapsed devolved power-sharing. In the latest last week, a senior off-duty officer was gunned down in what police said was a"terrorist-related" attack by splinter group, the New IRA.
Progress on issues such as London accessing billions of pounds of funding from the bloc's Horizon Europe research programme has remained stalled while the protocol talks were ongoing.With the war in Ukraine renewing focus on defence and security cooperation within Europe, both sides are seen as keen to put the recent Brexit acrimony aside and collaborate more closely in these areas.
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