European affairs minister says British government out of step with preserving peace with protocol threats.
Talks aimed at avoiding a trade war take place in ‘gloomy atmosphere’.
Concerns grow that Boris Johnson has already decided to trigger article 16 of Northern Ireland protocol.
Republic of Ireland in discussions with senior Biden advisor over UK Article 16 plans for NI Protocol
11/11/2021
The Irish Government held high level discussions this week with the Biden administration over UK plans to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol, Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said.
The body representing Irish SMEs has sharply criticised the UK's threat to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol, potentially over the role of the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
Article 16: Boris Johnson warned against suspending post-Brexit border arrangements for Northern Ireland
08/11/2021
There is growing speculation the PM could soon trigger Article 16 as ongoing talks between the EU and UK continue to fail to resolve problems such as the "sausage war". But Boris Johnson is being given fresh warnings about the impact of such action.
The key goal of the government is to placate the right by sustaining foreign quarrels.
European Union judges must have a role overseeing Northern Ireland’s Brexit arrangements, a senior EU official has said in rejection to British demands.
Frans Timmermans said it was ‘extremely well-known in London’ that UK demand could not be met.
A slim majority of voters in Northern Ireland view its post-Brexit trade arrangements as being on balance a "good thing" for the British-run region, a sharp increase in the last four months, a poll showed on Thursday.
‘With each passing day opportunities are missed,’ says Brexit-backing chair of select committee.
“You tell great big fat lies, you sell magic bean fantasies. And then when reality stubbornly proves you wrong, you double down even harder."
BORIS Johnson’s government prefers to be in conflict with the EU so it can be used as a scapegoat for the problems of Brexit, according to a former Irish Prime Minister.
The EU has gone to the limits of what it can do to resolve the problems of post-Brexit trade in Northern Ireland, the bloc’s ambassador to the UK has said.
Brussels was “preparing for the worst” over Brexit on Wednesday after the UK signalled the EU’s offer to scrap up to 80 per cent of checks on goods entering Northern Ireland was not enough to resolve the bitter dispute over the Irish border.
Maroš Šefčovič attempts to end tussle at press conference but ‘big gap’ remains to UK’s demands.
Businesses say bloc has listened and gone ‘beyond expectations’, increasing their hopes of a deal.
EU 'to remove up to 50% of custom checks' in bid to resolve Northern Ireland Protocol row
13/10/2021
The EU will later set out a range of proposals, including removing up to half of custom checks, in a bid to resolve the political stand-off over trade in Northern Ireland.
Tory minister David Frost proposes plans for an entirely new Northern Ireland Protocol – "trashing" a deal he once triumphed.
Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern has described the tactics of the United Kingdom’s Brexit negotiating team as “deplorable”.
he European Union said on Monday that removing the oversight of the bloc's top court from the UK's Brexit deal in parts governing trade on the island of Ireland would effectively cut Northern Ireland off the European market.
Ireland accused the Government of “shifting the playing field” over Northern Ireland on Monday as Brexit tensions between the UK and Brussels escalated.
Northern Ireland: Lord Frost accused of engineering breakdown of Brexit agreement ahead of crunch EU talks
11/10/2021
Lord Frost has been accused of laying out red lines he knew the EU could not accept, to deliberately engineer “a breakdown in relations”, by a leading Irish minister.
The UK's government is "shifting the playing field" in discussions on the Northern Protocol, the Foreign Affairs Minister has said.
EU leaders urged to push back against No 10’s brinkmanship over role of European Court of Justice.