Graffiti warning off inspectors has appeared close to ports in recent weeks.
Police have insisted there is no evidence loyalist paramilitaries are involved in the sinister campaign, instead blaming disgruntled individuals and small groups.
Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove and European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic will hold a virtual meeting with DUP leader Mrs Foster and Deputy First Minister Michelle O Neill to discuss the ongoing furore over the protocol on Wednesday.
Speaking on BBC Radio Ulster’s Good Morning Ulster, Mrs Foster stated that the DUP was representing the interests of the people of Northern Ireland through its plan.
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DUBLIN/LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union on Wednesday rebuffed a British demand to extend a grace period for checks on goods going from Britain to Northern Ireland, saying the post-Brexit trade treaty gave London enough tools to solve the problems.
FILE PHOTO: Britain s Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain, October 19, 2020. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
But it agreed to “work intensively” with Britain to resolve difficulties that have already impeded deliveries of goods, notably food, from other parts of the United Kingdom and caused shortages in supermarkets, even with a grace period still in force.
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DUBLIN/LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union on Wednesday rebuffed a British demand to extend a grace period for checks on goods going from Britain to Northern Ireland, saying the post-Brexit trade treaty gave London enough tools to solve the problems.
FILE PHOTO: Britain s Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain, October 19, 2020. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
But it agreed to “work intensively” with Britain to resolve difficulties that have already impeded deliveries of goods, notably food, from other parts of the United Kingdom and caused shortages in supermarkets, even with a grace period still in force.
Mr Laschet was appointed new federal chairman of Germany s centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) earlier this month.
He was elected in a runoff against conservative Friedrich Merz by 521 votes to 466, to resolve a three-way contest that also featured outsider Norbert Röttgen.
Among the three candidates, Mr Laschet, who since 2017 has been the premier of Germany s most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia, is the one who stands most strongly for a continuation of Mrs Merkel s course and a CDU of the centre”.
In his victory speech, Mr Laschet promised to fight for the party to do well in upcoming regional elections and to keep hold of the position of Chancellor.