Dublin and Brussels poised for Britain to effectively suspend operation of NI protocol
Brexit trade deal could be suspended if Boris Johnson triggers Article 16, Ireland warns [5 mins]
08/11/2021
The move would plunge the UK into a no-deal Brexit.
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.
Brussels ‘would respond in a serious way’ if London suspends operation of NI protocol.
Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister criticised the UK Government’s approach to negotiations on the Irish Sea trade arrangements.
Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald said suspending the Northern Ireland Protocol could endanger the entire withdrawal agreement.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said evidence suggests the British government is preparing to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol, as he warned that doing so could lead to a trade dispute between the European Union and the UK.
Former PM brands mooted UK policy ‘absurd’.
Former prime minister Sir John Major said the dangerous move would be ‘silly politics’ to placate ‘extreme Brexiteers’.
Former Prime Minister Sir John Major has said that triggering Article 16 and suspending parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol would be "colossally stupid".
The former prime minister made to the warning to Boris Johnston as talks between the EU and UK continue.
Boris Johnson has been warned by Sir John Major that suspending parts of Northern Ireland’s Brexit deal would be dangerous and “colossally stupid”
06/11/2021
Former prime minister Sir John said the move would damage relations with the European Union and United States and could further destabilise Northern Ireland.
Maroš Šefčovič says Brussels has seen no concessions from UK side in Northern Ireland protocol dispute.
Britain and the EU appear on the brink of a trade war after Brussels accused Boris Johnson of lacking sincerity in negotiations over Northern Ireland’s future. After the latest talks, the EU commissioner Maroš Šefčovič said that despite Brussels’ attempts to find a compromise, 'we have seen no move at all from the UK side'.
The European Union said on Friday that Britain had made no move to seek a compromise on post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland and cautioned London against triggering emergency unilateral provisions in the Brexit deal.
Europe’s top Brexit negotiator has warned of “serious consequences” if the UK makes good on its threat to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol amid an ongoing row with Brussels over how goods can be shipped between the territory and the UK mainland.
As crises mount, the polls show voters turning at last. But the national newspapers that backed Leave – even the two now edited by Remainers – continue to pretend there is nothing wrong.
Frans Timmermans said it was ‘extremely well-known in London’ that UK demand could not be met.
Government should lift ‘veil of secrecy’ as big decisions are made about protocol, says shadow NI secretary.
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.
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”.
EU leaders urged to push back against No 10’s brinkmanship over role of European Court of Justice.
The EU's Brexit negotiator has told a seminar in Dublin that there will be no renegotiation of the Northern Ireland Protocol and that the EU will not accept any solution that will cut the region off from the benefits of the single market.
Lord Frost told the Conservative conference that the ‘long bad dream’ of our EU membership is over but his is just beginning.