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the uk government says, on reflection, looking at the reality of today, it's not working out in terms of ensuring peace and stability in northern ireland. i think the starting point must be brexit. brexit and the option of brexit that was chosen, meaning withdrawal from the single market, from the customs union, had enormous implications for northern ireland. we knew that before and we realised that during the negotiations. and for a long time, we discussed — the two teams of negotiators — what is the best solution for this? how can we mitigate the impact of brexit in northern ireland while respecting the good friday agreement, respecting the constitutional order of the united kingdom, and its territorial integrity, and also respecting the single market? and this was like squaring a circle. and we found very, very soon that there was only one way on which we could agree, and that is the protocol. but it isn't working, so it isn't the one way because it's failing. the uk government says it's quite clearly failing because it is jeopardising