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France warns UK not to play with Northern Ireland Brexit deal
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23/05/2021 - 18:46 Signs reading No Irish Sea border and Ulster is British, no internal UK Border are seen affixed to a lamp post at the Port of Larne, Northern Ireland, March 6, 2021. Picture taken March 6, 2021. REUTERS - CLODAGH KILCOYNE Text by: David Coffey with RFI 3 min France s European affairs minister has warned Britain not to play games with special post-Brexit trading rules for Northern Ireland, as fears rise of a summer of violence in the province. Advertising Read more
Speaking in The Hague on Saturday, Clement Beaune urged London to be responsible over the so-called Northern Ireland Protocol, which keeps the province in the EU s single market and customs union despite the UK s departure from the bloc.
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Slovenia cancels EU presidency art exhibition in Brussels. Works by Slovenian artists will not be displayed at the European Parliament during Slovenia’s EU presidency after the art show to mark the member states’ six-month stints at the helm of the Council of the EU was cancelled amidst media reports that one of the pieces showcased had been displeasing to the Slovenian government. Read more.
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Gaza ‘Targeting of Civilians Violates International Law’ (UNICEF)
While Ireland’s Foreign Minister Simon Coveney was measured in his criticism of Israel at the UN and failed to condemn the Gaza attacks as ‘war crimes’ you do have to ask if, given the disproportionate number of women and children killed in air raids on Gaza, if that threshold has not been reached.
More importantly Israel has shown a total disregard for concerns voiced ten days ago by UNICEF about the impact the aggression against the crowded Gaza enclave was having on Palestinian children.
“The regional director for the Middle East and North Africa at UNICEF, Geert Cappelaere, in a statement on Friday, said: “The escalating violence in Gaza has exacerbated the suffering of children whose lives have already been unbearably difficult for several years.”