Britain has unilaterally moved the Northern Ireland Protocol “overkill,” the Prime Minister says.
Taoiseach Michelál Martin described the British government’s approach to the north as “one-sidedly too far” Ireland Protocol, it didn’t follow the spirit of Belfast agreement.
The Irish Prime Minister is in talks in Belfast aimed at breaking the political impasse caused by union members’ concerns. Northern Ireland Restore protocols and working assemblies and executives Staumont..
Dublin’s mood for the British approach to the post-Brexit The protocol continued to darken before Mr Martin met with party leaders and corporate representatives in the north.
The threat of unilateral action by the British government remains. The UK government has said it will soon begin legislation to revoke some of the protocols agreed as part of Brexit. Irish officials and politicians in contact with their London counterparts have expressed pessimism about finding a solution a few weeks ahead.
Martin Talked to European Commission President Ursula von der Reyen and Alliance Party Leader of Northern Ireland Naomi Long About the situation on Thursday. Officials said he and Ms. von der Leyen agreed that what was proposed by London would not be accepted.
Martin, who spoke to the BBC on Friday morning, said: Boris Johnson And I have to nail this, this idea is somehow European Union It’s not true that this is inflexible, and it doesn’t stack up.
“What’s happening now is a particular unilateralism that says” we have no way or way “on behalf of the British government, especially when you sign the agreement you are doing. I don’t like not negotiating with the European Union on that basis.
“Professional and serious negotiations England The government and the European Union are the only way to solve this. “
DUP protest
Martin also said it is unlikely that a party would refuse permission. Northern Ireland Assembly Meet by saying, “Unprecedented in the world of democracy.”
Following this month’s Northern Ireland elections Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) blocked the appointment of speakers at Staumont as part of a protest against the Protocol. This means that Congress cannot sit and there are only caretaker executives with limited authority.
Prior to the party’s meeting with the Irish Prime Minister, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party Jeffrey Donaldson Dublin warned that it was time to “lately recognize that there would be no progress if nothing was fixed.”
He said that a protocol designed to avoid the harsh borders of Ireland “damages both economic and democratic arrangements in Northern Ireland” and “orders the support of union members and nationalists. It must be replaced by a possible arrangement. ”
But on Friday, Martin said:
“There can be no situation where one party decides that another party cannot be summoned to Congress. I understand that there is a legitimate issue issued regarding the protocol. We have been doing it for quite some time. I have accepted it. “
Martin added:
“The UK Government did not respond in a meaningful way to the proposal proposed by the European Commission. The challenge I am looking at here is that the goalposts continue to change with respect to the protocol, or are raised by people. Where is the landing zone to solve the legitimate problem? “
Truss meeting
Minister of Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney Will meet with the British Foreign Minister Liz Truss At the Council of Europe event in Turin on Friday.
Prior to the meeting, Mr. Coveny said there was “no ambiguity” for Mr. Truss’ proposal to “intentionally break international law” through a law that invalidates part of the Protocol. Ms. Truss said she intends to issue a legal statement to support her plans.
“She can justify it if she wants to go to the House of Commons in terms of English law, but this enacts it in a way that puts aside the international law that they are responsible for. There is no ambiguity in my mind that it is the government of choice. Designed, ratified and agreed. ” – Additional report PA
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/uk-has-moved-too-far-unilaterally-over-northern-ireland-protocol-taoiseach-says-1.4883730?localLinksEnabled=false Britain has unilaterally moved the Northern Ireland Protocol “overkill,” the Prime Minister says.
