UK, EU Seal Deal On Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol

Rishi Sunak has sealed a deal with the European Union (EU) to end the dispute over the post-Brexit Northern Ireland protocol, Lisa O’Carroll and Aubrey Allegretti reported for The Guardian.

Photo Insert: The EU is understood to have made further compromises to deliver a deal that Von der Leyen believes will satisfy all communities including the Democratic Unionist party in a “new chapter” for all.

At a joint press conference with the European Commission (EC) president, Ursula von der Leyen, in Windsor, the prime minister said: “We have now made a decisive breakthrough. Together, we have changed the original protocol, and are today announcing the new Windsor framework.”

He added the deal would help restore the previously strained relationship with the EU and go much further than previously thought to fix the “democratic deficit” by giving Stormont ministers a direct say in EU laws applying to Northern Ireland.

“This is the beginning of a new chapter in a relationship,” he said. He said the deal “fixes the problems” consumers face and helps guarantee the future of peace and stability.

The UK and the EU would deliver this through “three major steps” removing customs paperwork for consumers, guaranteeing medical supplies in the long term, and a new “Stormont break” allowing assembly ministers a say on EU laws, allowing them to “stop them applying” in Northern Ireland.

The EU is understood to have made further compromises to deliver a deal that Von der Leyen believes will satisfy all communities including the Democratic Unionist party in a “new chapter” for all.

“Above all we had to listen to the concerns of the people of Northern Ireland,” she said.

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