EU taking ‘very belligerent approach’ to issues caused by NI Protocol, Arlene Foster says
The Northern Ireland protocol was designed to avoid a hardening of the border on the island of Ireland. By Press Association Friday 5 Mar 2021, 9:28 AM Mar 5th 2021, 6:45 AM 34,109 Views 83 Comments
DUP leader Arlene Foster
DUP leader Arlene Foster
Updated Mar 5th 2021, 9:28 AM
THE EU HAS taken a “very belligerent approach” to the difficulties caused by the Northern Ireland Protocol post-Brexit, the DUP leader said.
Arlene Foster also said “something had to give”, and the UK had to take action and extend a grace period limiting red tape associated with the movement of goods from Great Britain into Northern Ireland.
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Right now, the UK and the EU are not in a good place
Updated / Thursday, 4 Mar 2021
12:49 The breakdown of trust between the UK and the EU is perhaps the biggest casualty of the latest stunt by Boris Johnson s government
Opinion: there is clearly no trust between the UK and the EU when it comes to the Brexit deal and the Northern Ireland protocol
Should we be surprised? Not really. The British government has unilaterally decided to extend a grace period for post-Brexit checks on some goods entering Northern Ireland from Britain, without even extending the courtesy of informing Dublin or Brussels. As far as the EU is concerned, this is a blatant violation of the Northern Ireland protocol that breaks international law - and not for the first time either.