The Agreement’s impact on political cooperation

Abstract

This article aims to examine the impact of the Agreement on political cooperation. It examines party political cooperation in Northern Ireland and also bilateral British–Irish intergovernmental cooperation. In the first section, the Agreement’s consociational system and its criticisms are outlined. In the second section, the effect of the Agreement on cooperation between the Northern Ireland political parties is assessed. In the third section, the impact on British–Irish East–West cooperation is assessed along with the effects of Brexit.