nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20190924-232418-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 190924s2019||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20190924-232418-0 doi eng 342 23 Garner, Oliver Author aut Why the UK’s Government’s Demands on the Irish Backstop Would Violate the Sovereignty of the EU-27 Garner, Oliver Verfassungsblog 2019-09-24 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Prime Minister Boris Johnson has asked the European Council President in a letter for reciprocal ‘binding legal guarantees’ not to put in place infrastructure, checks, or controls at the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland. The significance of this has been amplified by the European Parliament’s resolution that it will not consent to any Withdrawal Agreement without an Irish Backstop, in direct contravention to the UK’s position. This post will argue that the EU legal order places constraints on this option. Ireland would be in breach of EU law if it followed this course, and the EU institutions have no discretion to suspend these legal obligations. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 brexit Northern Ireland Backstop Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/why-the-uks-governments-demands-on-the-irish-backstop-would-violate-the-sovereignty-of-the-eu-27/ raw object