The British government has proposed an “entirely new” arrangement for trade with the EU on Northern Ireland, admitting that the agreement reached by the Tory government is “not working”.
LONDON (AP) – The leader of Northern Ireland’s largest British unionist party heightened post-Brexit political tensions on Thursday, saying the UK’s divorce deal with the European Union could collapse the Belfast government and trigger a new era of violence and instability.
Britain’s Minister for EU Relations has admitted Boris Johnson’s government is happy to let European Union law continue to apply in Northern Ireland for some purposes and keep an internal border between the British province and the rest of the United Kingdom for the EU’s sake.
The EU Commission agreed to a “standstill” on legal action against the UK over alleged breaches of the Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol.
A division within the left-wing Labour Party has seen far-left MPs come out against a United Kingdom, with Diane Abbott saying the party is in favour of Northern Ireland breaking with Great Britain and joining the Republic of Ireland.
French president Emmanuel Macron reportedly mistakenly informed Prime Minister Boris Johnson that Northern Ireland is not part of the United Kingdom at a G7 meeting.
LONDON (AP) – The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator says the bloc is ready to act “firmly and resolutely” if the U.K. fails to honor its commitments under the divorce deal that was supposed to keep trade flowing after Britain
Joe Biden has announced that he will meet with Prime Minister Boris Johnson in person prior to the meeting of the G7 nations this week.
LONDON (AP) – Britain’s Brexit minister predicted Monday that relations between the UK and the European Union would continue to be “bumpy” amid tensions over post-Brexit trading arrangements.
