At a meeting of the PES leaders in Paris last night a common view of the consequences of the British vote on Brexit was presented to the gathering by the SDLP leader Colum Eastwood and Irish Labour Party TD Brendan Howlin.
In a joint statement issued afterwards, both men (pictured) said the largest group in the European Parliament and nine EU Prime Ministers, took “careful note” of the Irish position.
The unique implications for the island of Ireland were clearly set out by both leaders - including the complete unacceptability of a land border on the island of Ireland, the imperative of preserving common travel between Ireland and Britain, the preservation of European involvement in the Good Friday Agreement and the centrality of trade between Ireland and Britain, particularly cross-border trade in the island of Ireland.
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