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The UK government, headed by Boris Johnsonhas presented the one-sided modification of the Northern Ireland Protocol agreed by the Brexit what do you expect reduce border controls and bureaucracy in trade with Ulster. In addition, with this variation, the Court of Justice of the European Union (TWENTY) remains excluded from dispute resolution that could occur.
The protocol agreed at the time between Brussels and London aims to avoid a “hard border” in Ulster and states that North Ireland remains within the European common market. This assumes that the british authorities have to carry out freight traffic controls by leaving the island of Great Britain out of the single market. The amendment eliminates these controls, considered by the Johnson executive “unsustainable” for the “different” treatment of Northern Ireland, and grants “supremacy of the courts (of the United Kingdom) and territorial integrity”.
The new law includes changes on different fronts, including a bureaucratic review to reduce costs and paperwork in the British domestic trade while maintaining “full controls” for those goods that do end up entering EU territory. London in turn aspires to “normalize“that any possible dispute be resolved by a system of independent arbitration and not by the CJEUwhose ultimate implication has been a recurring reason for disputes in the negotiations in recent years.
Las companies They will also be able to determine if their assets should be governed by the UK or EU regulationsto avoid the alleged discrimination of British products, while Northern Ireland will be able to benefit from the same tax exemptions and spending policies as the rest of the country, for example in VAT rebates.
Brussels, Ireland and Northern Ireland, against the modification+
Brussels has announced that will reactivate the legal process against the United Kingdom for violating the protocol. In this way, the European Comission will recover the sanctioning file that began in March 2021 for various breaches, but that was suspended for cooperationbecause “the unilateral action of the United Kingdom goes directly against it,” said the vice president of the Community Executive responsible for relations with the United Kingdom, Maros Sefcovic. In addition, he has announced that they will study new infringement proceduresespecially because of the “risks for the Single Market created by violation of protocol”.
For his part, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrellhas been blunt with the unilateral modification undertaken by the British Executive, which he has accused of throwing “a unnecessary shadow” on cooperation with the European Union “undermining trust and credibility“. In addition, it has disfigured the country, a former member of the European Union, that “at a time when we are facing a growing disregard for international norms and commitments, allies and partners must stand together“.
Unilateral decision by UK to disapply parts of Northern Ireland Protocol casts unnecessary shadow on EU-UK cooperation, undermining trust and credibility. At a time when we are facing growing disregard for intl. rules and commitments allies and partners should stick together.
– Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) June 13, 2022
Another of the actors involved, the government of irelandhas called for “calm” and “firmness”, in the words of his minister for Europe, in the face of the unilateral modification of the Brexit Protocol for Northern Ireland approved by the British Government because “the law is on our side“.
A group of Members of the Parliament of Northern Irelandwhich represent the majority of the Assembly and among which is the vice chief minister of Northern Ireland member of the Ourselves, Michelle O’Neillhave also been against the measure taken and have described it as “reckless“The decision of the British central government to unilaterally modify the Northern Ireland Protocol agreed within the framework of Brexit, since they consider that it implies”break the law“.
London is justified
The British Foreign Secretary, Liz Trusshas insisted on his social networks that the United Kingdom “prefer a negotiated solution” and is “open to negotiations” with Brussels, but has warned that the European side “must have willingness to change the Protocol itself“. London maintains that its law is called to “restore political stability“. “We cannot wait to fix the problems facing the population of Northern Ireland,” said the minister, citing among the justifications the maintenance of the Good Friday Agreements from 1998.
The serious situation in Northern Ireland means we cannot afford to delay.
This Bill sets out comprehensive solutions to fix problems with the Northern Ireland Protocol, while protecting the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement.https://t.co/4pFlz7IQhm pic.twitter.com/HEse2Hq4B1
– Liz Truss (@trussliz) June 13, 2022
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