The UK presented its proposed “way forward” on the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP) to the Westminster parliament this week. Northern Ireland Secretary of State Brandon Lewis wants nothing less than a renegotiation, with an accompanying standstill with extended grace periods and with no further legal action from the EU.
British and European officials are meeting on Wednesday to discuss post-Brexit relations with tensions once more escalating over the Northern Ireland Protocol. David Frost, Britain’s Brexit Minister, called on the EU to show “common sense” ahead of the meeting, arguing in an op-ed published in the Financial Times on Monday that the UK had presented […]
The European Union will take legal action against the UK over its decision to extend the grace period on food controls between Britain and Northern Ireland, a move Brussels considers “a violation” of the Brexit trade agreement. In a statement, European Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič on Wednesday expressed his “strong concerns” about this “unilateral action” […]
