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The status of Brexit checks at Northern Ireland ports remained unclear on Thursday morning after a deadline passed for a ministerial order to halt them.
Dublin's foreign affairs minister Simon Coveney has said the decision to halt Northern Ireland Protocol checks would be a “breach of international law”.
FRANCE 24's Clovis Casali reports on the impacts of UK's exit, one year on, as post-Brexit relations between the United Kingdom and the European Union continue to be strained – by rows over irregular migration, over fishing rights and the Brexit deal itself.
Brussels ready to slap tariffs and quotas on UK exports – and even to ‘suspend cooperation in certain sectors’
The system for checks on agri-foods at Northern Ireland's sea ports is "not fit for purpose", according to an audit carried out by the European Commission.
Disbelief and outrage across EU as UK says it won’t do anything to stop end to Brexit food checks in Northern Ireland
03/02/2022
European media responded with shock and disbelief this morning after a minister in Northern Ireland ordered to end checks on food in his country and the UK declared it won’t do anything about it.
“If we see problems today we should not forget that they do not come from the protocol but they result from Brexit. That is the reason why the problems are there."
Even the keenest Brexiteer must feel that the process has been tortuously long. / That has been, in large part, because successive British governments have refused to accept the trade-off between untrammelled sovereignty and friction-free access to the EU’s single market, a refusal that shapes today’s increasingly testy relationship.
Belfast high court rules checks on goods entering from Great Britain must continue pending review.
Maroš Šefčovič says he is trying to iron out disruption to businesses caused by the protocol.
RURAL affairs ministers from Scotland and Northern Ireland have written to the UK Government raising concerns about the impact of the Australia trade deal on domestic farmers and producers.
Coveney joins NI politicians in condemning move by North’s Minister of Agriculture.
Rural affairs ministers from Scotland and Northern Ireland write to the UK Government expressing their concerns.
DUP minister accused of ‘breach of international law’ with bid to halt Northern Ireland post-Brexit checks
02/02/2022
The UK Government’s Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis has indicated that he will not intervene after the controversial move by the devolved minister.
NI Minister of Agriculture should publish legal advice, says manufacturing body.
DUP leader also claims Boris Johnson privately told him there was a ‘20-30 per cent of an agreement’ with the EU over the Northern Ireland Protocol.
EU Brexit chief Sefcovic urges UK to not 'further sour relationship' over Northern Ireland
30/05/2021
The EU’s Brexit chief has today warned the UK to not “further sour our relationship” by taking unilateral actions in Northern Ireland as negotiations between the two sides continue.
The UK Brexit minister has been urged to take responsibility for making the deal he negotiated work, after he suggested the UK could take drastic action.
A new raft of checks on goods at the ports of Belfast and Larne under the terms of the protocol have sparked anger among unionists and loyalists.
Court attempts to end Brexit chaos in Northern Ireland by ordering immediate end to end of food checks
04/02/2022
The High Court intervened in the ongoing Brexit chaos in Northern Ireland this afternoon after a judge issued an interim order suspending a decision by Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots to direct a stop to Brexit agri-food checks at Northern Ireland ports.
A Northern Ireland minister has threatened legal action against the UK and the EU over post-Brexit trading arrangements.
Northern Ireland’s vet shortage appears to be coming to a head as Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots warns as many as 200 vets and 400 other staff could be needed to oversee checks at ports unless action is taken to ease red tape.
EU calls out ‘absolute breach of international law’ after Northern Ireland Brexit checks halted
03/02/2022
“This announcement has created uncertainty and unpredictability and certainly no stability, so I’m not sure what the purpose of this move is … it’s an absolute breach of international law," an EU official has said.
An expected snap election in Northern Ireland would become a mini-poll on post-Brexit trade arrangements.
A zero tariff, zero quota trade deal between the UK and Australia would damage Northern Ireland’s beef and sheep trade, the new DUP leader has warned.