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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11848

26 August 2017
INSTITUTIONAL / Uk
EU fears London using Irish issue as negotiating lever
Brussels, 25/08/2017 (Agence Europe)

The European Union is concerned about the link that the British seem to be making between maintaining the peace process in Northern Ireland after Brexit and the UK's future post-Brexit trade relationship with the EU.

"It is very important that the peace process does not become a bargaining chip in these negotiations", a European source stated on Friday 25 August.

The EU is holding to the line it has drawn on the negotiation process for the UK's withdrawal from the EU – settling the...