Some news from the European Parliament yesterday
European Parliament today overwhelmingly(374-66) rejected call (from group SF sits in) for special designated status for Northern Ireland. pic.twitter.com/Z3xnVDNMmp
— Sam McBride (@SJAMcBride) July 5, 2017
A comprehensive defeat for the proposal, but the an analyst who watches this, told me this;
Looks like a classic EPP-S&D-ALDE deal, plus ECR. They’re not prepared to rock the Brexit boat just yet
— Simon Hix (@simonjhix) July 5, 2017
This is useful from Julian O’Neill about where the EU Parliament sits in the Brexit process;
Defeat for NI special status in European Parliament – a reminder of its role in approving final Brexit deal pic.twitter.com/qUqctohzxu
— Julian O’Neill (@julianoneill) July 6, 2017
David McCann holds a PhD in North-South relations from University of Ulster. You can follow him on twitter @dmcbfs