London: British lawmakers will get their first chance to vote on the government on Monday bill To radically change the post-Brexit trading system Northern IrelandDespite warnings from the European Union, it is illegal and could spark a trade war.
The UK government earlier this month unveiled its Northern Ireland Protocol Bill to unilaterally change trading terms for the politically troubled British province, prompting the EU to take legal action.
Brussels says overriding deal with Prime Minister Boris in 2019 johnsongovernment violates international law.
But Britain says it has no choice but to accuse the 27-member bloc of strictly enforcing the protocol and refusing to renegotiate the deal.
“You’ve got unnecessary barriers to doing business from Great Britain to the northern IrelandJohnson told reporters at the G7 summit in Germany on Monday.
“All we are saying is that you can get rid of them, while not jeopardizing the EU Single Market in any way.”
The House of Commons will spend the afternoon debating the draft legislation, before further scrutiny and early voting in the evening before the votes.
At odd times, lawmakers will vote as Johnson socializes at the summit with top EU leaders, including European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron.
“Interestingly, how little this conversation is happening… here,” claimed the British leader.
– ‘Flexibility’ – On Sunday, the bloc’s ambassador to Britain, Joo Valle de Almeida, said the law was “both illegal and unrealistic”.
“It is illegal because it is a violation of international law, a violation of EU law and UK law,” he told Sky News.
“We are committed to finding workable solutions upon implementation, but we can’t begin to talk if the baseline is to say set aside what we’ve agreed upon earlier.”
The protocol – signed separately from a broader UK-EU trade deal – requires the scrutiny of goods arriving in Northern Ireland from England, Scotland and Wales to track those products, potentially passing through the Republic of Ireland into the bloc. can go.
It creates a customs border under the Irish Sea, placing Northern Ireland in an EU customs class to avoid a politically sensitive hard border between it and EU member Ireland.
But pro-British parties in Northern Ireland say it is creating a rift between London and Belfast and refuse to join a power-sharing government in the province until protocol changes.
Federalist parties and the UK government argue that the protocol threatens the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 which ended three decades of violence over British rule in Northern Ireland.
They want the ban on goods and animal and plant products traveling from Great Britain to be lifted.
Northern Ireland Minister Brandon Lewis said on Sunday that protocol is “coming in the way” of re-establishing the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive.
“We want to do this by agreement with the EU, but in order to do that, they need to show some flexibility,” he said.
– ‘Damaging trust’ – but plans to unilaterally end parts of the protocol have sparked anger in European capitals, particularly Dublin, and threatens an all-out trade war if the EU is invoked.
“Unilateral action is detrimental to mutual trust,” European Commission vice-president Maros Sefkovic told reporters in Brussels when the UK introduced legislation in mid-June.
In response, the Block resumed a stalled legal action – a delay in investigations by Britain into some goods arriving in Northern Ireland – and launched two new lawsuits against London.
“If the UK does not respond within two months, we may take them to the (European) Court of Justice,” warned Sefkovic after the June 15 retaliation.
After Monday’s debate, there are still several hurdles to clear in both the Commons and the Upper House before the controversial bill becomes law, and faces domestic legal challenges.
The UK government earlier this month unveiled its Northern Ireland Protocol Bill to unilaterally change trading terms for the politically troubled British province, prompting the EU to take legal action.
Brussels says overriding deal with Prime Minister Boris in 2019 johnsongovernment violates international law.
But Britain says it has no choice but to accuse the 27-member bloc of strictly enforcing the protocol and refusing to renegotiate the deal.
“You’ve got unnecessary barriers to doing business from Great Britain to the northern IrelandJohnson told reporters at the G7 summit in Germany on Monday.
“All we are saying is that you can get rid of them, while not jeopardizing the EU Single Market in any way.”
The House of Commons will spend the afternoon debating the draft legislation, before further scrutiny and early voting in the evening before the votes.
At odd times, lawmakers will vote as Johnson socializes at the summit with top EU leaders, including European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron.
“Interestingly, how little this conversation is happening… here,” claimed the British leader.
– ‘Flexibility’ – On Sunday, the bloc’s ambassador to Britain, Joo Valle de Almeida, said the law was “both illegal and unrealistic”.
“It is illegal because it is a violation of international law, a violation of EU law and UK law,” he told Sky News.
“We are committed to finding workable solutions upon implementation, but we can’t begin to talk if the baseline is to say set aside what we’ve agreed upon earlier.”
The protocol – signed separately from a broader UK-EU trade deal – requires the scrutiny of goods arriving in Northern Ireland from England, Scotland and Wales to track those products, potentially passing through the Republic of Ireland into the bloc. can go.
It creates a customs border under the Irish Sea, placing Northern Ireland in an EU customs class to avoid a politically sensitive hard border between it and EU member Ireland.
But pro-British parties in Northern Ireland say it is creating a rift between London and Belfast and refuse to join a power-sharing government in the province until protocol changes.
Federalist parties and the UK government argue that the protocol threatens the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 which ended three decades of violence over British rule in Northern Ireland.
They want the ban on goods and animal and plant products traveling from Great Britain to be lifted.
Northern Ireland Minister Brandon Lewis said on Sunday that protocol is “coming in the way” of re-establishing the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive.
“We want to do this by agreement with the EU, but in order to do that, they need to show some flexibility,” he said.
– ‘Damaging trust’ – but plans to unilaterally end parts of the protocol have sparked anger in European capitals, particularly Dublin, and threatens an all-out trade war if the EU is invoked.
“Unilateral action is detrimental to mutual trust,” European Commission vice-president Maros Sefkovic told reporters in Brussels when the UK introduced legislation in mid-June.
In response, the Block resumed a stalled legal action – a delay in investigations by Britain into some goods arriving in Northern Ireland – and launched two new lawsuits against London.
“If the UK does not respond within two months, we may take them to the (European) Court of Justice,” warned Sefkovic after the June 15 retaliation.
After Monday’s debate, there are still several hurdles to clear in both the Commons and the Upper House before the controversial bill becomes law, and faces domestic legal challenges.