Dublin government wants early warning system on use of Article 16 of Northern Ireland Protocol An anti-Northern Ireland Protocol sign near the entrance to Larne Port. Photo Brian Lawless/PA Wire. James Ward, Press Association 09 February, 2021 14:58
Ursula von der Leyen is president of the European Commission. Picture by European Commission/PA Wire
The Irish Government is to seek an early warning system on the use of Article 16 of the Northern Ireland protocol on Brexit.
London, Belfast and Dublin were blindsided by a recent attempt by the European Commission to invoke Article 16, in a row over the supply of vaccines to Europe.
The Irish Government is to seek an “early warning system” on the use of Article 16 of the Northern Ireland protocol on Brexit.
London, Belfast and Dublin were blindsided by a recent attempt by the European Commission to invoke Article 16, in a row over the supply of vaccines to Europe.
The Article overrides part of the Northern Ireland Protocol which prevents a hard border on the island of Ireland, and was intended as an emergency measure not to be used.
The European Commission backtracked on the decision, but it has caused massive political fallout, particularly in Northern Ireland.
I appeared before the @OireachtasNews Joint Committee on EU Affairs this morning to discuss the #brexit Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the NI Protocol, specifically Article 16. I welcome this cross party scrutiny pic.twitter.com/gZ0HrsT5YY