Sunak is expected to meet with Von de Leyen around noon in Berkshire county, outside London, amidst the expectation of how this agreement will end, which will resolve customs and political issues between the island of Great Brittany and the province of Northern Ireland.
According to British government sources, the two politicians hope to address complex “challenges” over the protocol before they can sign the deal and make it public.
In case it closes this Monday the covenantAs expected, the British Prime Minister and the EC President will hold a press conference to give details of it.
Once Sunak has informed his government of the agreement, he will make a statement in the House of Commons to explain details of the agreement to all members of this Lower House.
In a statement to the Express newspaper, Brexit said that its goal is for the Brexit “works for everyone” and solves “the problems” so that Northern Ireland is “in control of its own destiny”.
Under the current protocol, Northern Ireland falls within the Community and British internal market, so trade controls between the United Kingdom and the EU are carried out at the Northern Irish entry points, which avoids building a physical border between the two Irelands and not harm the peace agreement (1998).
This commercial border, located in the Irish Sea, has also created political problems among pro-British unionists, as they consider that it affects their relationship with the rest of the United Kingdom.
It remains to be seen if the new agreement now negotiated eliminates the concerns of the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), whose approval is vital to be able to restore the Northern Irish Autonomous Executive (Stormont), which has been suspended for a year. According to the media, the negotiated agreement establishes a system of green and red lanes between Great Britain and the province.
Goods destined for Northern Ireland would go through the green lane without routine controls, while those exported to the Republic of Ireland -in the EU- would go through the red lanes, for which they would undergo customs procedures in Northern Irish ports. In addition, the European Court of Justice would remain as the final arbitrator in the event of a dispute over the single market rules that apply in Northern Ireland, something unionists opposed.
