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PM warned over NI Protocol plan

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Published date14 June 2022
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
The Bill to amend the Northern Ireland Protocol unilaterally was introduced in Parliament on Monday amid controversy over whether the legislation breaks international law

Ireland's Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said the plan would "ratchet up" tension and breach the UK's international commitments.

But Mr Johnson insisted the legislation would introduce "relatively simple" bureaucratic changes and warned it would be a "gross overreaction" if Brussels sought to retaliate by triggering a trade war.

The European Union is keeping its options open on how to respond to any move by the UK Government to rip up parts of the agreement signed by Mr Johnson on Northern Ireland's post-Brexit trading arrangements.

Irish premier Micheal Martin said it is regrettable that the UK is to renege on an international treaty.

Mr Martin also rejected assertions by the British Government that the EU has not been flexible during negotiations.

"It's very regrettable for a country like the UK to renege on an international treaty," he said.

"I think it represents a new low point, because the natural expectation of democratic countries like ourselves, the UK and all across Europe, is that we honour international agreements that we enter into.

"This agreement was ratified by British Parliament, it was approved by the

British Prime Minister.

"I've had this discussion with him...

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