EXCLUSIVE UK to warn EU it may deviate from Brexit deal on N.Ireland -sources – Reuters UK
- Date: 19-Jul-2021
- Source: Reuters
- Sector:Economy
- Country:Middle East
EXCLUSIVE UK to warn EU it may deviate from Brexit deal on N.Ireland -sources – Reuters UK
BRUSSELS/LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) - Britain will threaten this week to deviate from the Brexit deal unless the European Union shows more flexibility over Northern Ireland, one UK and three EU sources told Reuters, a move that could thrust the five-year Brexit divorce into tumult.
Deviating from the deal's so-called Northern Ireland Protocol is a risky step: its aim was to prevent Brexit from disrupting the delicate peace brought to Northern Ireland by the U.S.-brokered 1998 agreement that ended three decades of sectarian conflict.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who signed the 2020 Brexit deal, has been dismayed by the protocol which has imposed paperwork and checks that London says could prevent British food staples such as sausages going to Northern Ireland.
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