Photo by Patrick Metzdorf on Unsplash A huge majority in the European Parliament have welcomed the so-called Windsor Framework. They say the new joint understanding “allows more flexible and more effective implementation” of the trading arrangements for goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain. It will, say deputies, ensure that both the EU’s Single Market and the Good…
Photo by K. Mitch Hodge on Unsplash MEPs and the business community have reacted after the European Commission and UK reached a political agreement in principle in the long running dispute over the Northern Ireland protocol. Known as the Windsor Framework, the new deal constitutes what the EU calls a “comprehensive set of joint solutions aimed at addressing,…
The UK Foreign Secretary is to become lead negotiator with the EU on the Northern Ireland Protocol, following the departure of Lord Frost. Liz Truss will take over Ministerial responsibility for the UK’s relationship with the European Union with immediate effect. She will become the UK’s co-chair of the Partnership Council and the Joint Committee,…
The Commission has put forward proposals to ensure the continued long-term supply of medicines from Great Britain to Northern Ireland and to address outstanding supply concerns in Cyprus, Ireland and Malta. In the context of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, this means that the same medicines will continue to be available in Northern Ireland at…
David Frost (Lord Frost), UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Minister for Brexit, delivered a speech in Portugal today outlining his proposals for Northern Ireland. We publish here without comment the text of his speech in full. Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen A year and a half ago, in the days immediately after the UK finally left…
