{"id":120455,"date":"2023-10-26T17:02:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T17:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=120455"},"modified":"2023-10-26T17:02:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T17:02:48","slug":"fears-young-people-will-force-united-ireland-because-they-want-return-to-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/politics\/fears-young-people-will-force-united-ireland-because-they-want-return-to-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Fears young people will ‘force United Ireland’ because they ‘want return to EU’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Young people in Northern Ireland<\/span> will force the territory to unite with the Irish Republic<\/span>, a writer and campaigner has argued.<\/p>\n

Emma DeSouza, writing in the Guardian, said so-called “peace babies” aged 18-24 who grew up under the Good Friday Agreement want change outside the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

She pointed to polling and survey results which show the vast majority of the younger generation do not align themselves with unionism.<\/p>\n

The writer quoted young activists from Northern Ireland who pointed to disillusionment over Brexit, the collapse of power-sharing at Stormont and the “Troubles” legacy bill as reasons against the union.<\/p>\n

Ellie-Jo Taylor, 19, said: “We are campaigning for our future, for a return to the European Union within a united Ireland.”<\/p>\n

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The publication’s op-ed comes after DUP<\/span> leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said this week that he would not see a united Ireland in his lifetime.<\/p>\n

But he accused “complacent” British governments of neglecting Northern Ireland and jeopardising its future in Britain.<\/p>\n

Sir Jeffrey asked: “Where is our government making the case for the Union?”<\/p>\n

His comments came after Irish taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he would see the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland unite in his lifetime.<\/p>\n

In an interview with RT\u00c9, Mr Varadkar said: “I believe we are on the path to unification. I believe there will be a united Ireland in my lifetime.”<\/p>\n

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He added: “In that united Ireland there is going to be a minority, roughly a million people, who are British and you judge the success and the quality of a country by the way it treats its minorities. And that’s something we are going to have to think about.”<\/p>\n

Britain’s Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris responded, saying the comments were unhelpful given ongoing talks to restore power-sharing in the territory.<\/p>\n

Northern Ireland’s devolved executive and assembly collapsed in January 2017 because of ongoing disagreements between the DUP and Sinn F\u00e9in.<\/p>\n

DUP MP Ian Paisley told the Belfast Telegraph back in June that the chances of Stormont returning by the autumn were “unlikely”, warning a return to power-sharing could be an “Ice Age away”.<\/p>\n

The DUP has been blocking power-sharing for more than a year in protest at the internal UK trade barriers created by Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol.<\/p>\n