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Originally Posted by Chloé Palmas
Only because Ireland has an opt out. What if Ireland decides to become a part of the SA?
It doesn't, which is why being a member of the CU has not made us poorer, at all.
The EU are the ones who are pro trade, not the ones that are pro union / anti-globalization and protectionist.
That would be the modern day populists in the UK government and round the world.
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I’d have to look into it to be sure but I suspect Ireland is outside Schengen because the U.K. is. The British Isles has a common travel area of its own, which long predates Schengen. Ireland may well desire to be within Schengen but the reality is that if they were forced to choose - and they were - then the CTA is of greater value to them. Think of it as the Brexit/Irish border issue viewed from a different angle.