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Brussels has agreed in turn that it will scrap its legal action against the UK, launched in retaliation over the former prime minister’s Northern Ireland Protocol Bill.
Earlier this year, the and EU unveiled the Windsor Framework to mitigate some of the trading difficulties which had been caused by the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/dup-brexit-lord-david-cameron-uk-government-b2315319.html
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen had been expected to travel to the UK on Saturday amid speculation a deal to fix issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol is near.
EU-UK relations were strained during former British prime minister Boris Johnson's tenure, after he introduced legislation to unilaterally overhaul the so-called Northern Ireland Protocol he had agreed with the bloc in January 2020.
He said at the time that EU-UK talks on renegotiating the Northern Ireland Protocol – arrangements that outline post-Brexit trade arrangements for the region – had reached a sensitive stage.
He said until issues around the Northern Ireland Protocol were solved, then Stormont was "doomed".
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-64625483?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Leo Varadkar said the EU is willing to compromise in negotiations on the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Mr Sunak told broadcasters in Downing Street: “Today I had positive conversations with political parties in Northern Ireland about our ongoing discussions to resolve the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Source: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41074274.html
Negotiations over the Northern Ireland Protocol are “inching towards conclusion”, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has indicated.
Sinn Féin were not able to nominate a replacement because the Assembly has been unable to function due to DUP protest action over Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol.
Source: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41072024.html
The devolved institutions collapsed last year following a DUP boycott in protest against the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol, with talks ongoing between the UK and EU to find a breakthrough.
Source: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41077547.html
The DUP’s strategy in opposing the Northern Ireland Protocol has been vindicated, party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said.
The former UK premier warned that dropping the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill – which would empower the UK to unilaterally scrap parts of the treaty – would be a “great mistake”.
Source: https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-41074865.html
“The new arrangements are incompatible with the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill,” an explainer from the Brussels side noted.
The Northern Ireland Protocol has been made workable, they say, by the Windsor Framework, which restored free trade from the mainland, while retaining our ‘privileged access’ to the European market.
There are signs the UK and the EU are approaching a solution to trade issues arising from the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol.
We know the Prime Minister is desperate to agree a pact to replace the faulty Northern Ireland Protocol by the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement in April.