British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have signed a new Brexit deal that will ease trade relations with Northern Ireland. On this subject informed “BBC”.
The deal will ensure uninterrupted trade across the UK, secure Northern Ireland’s sovereignty and preserve its place in Britain’s ‘family of nations’, Sunak told a news conference following the agreement. Von der Leyen called the deal a new chapter in UK-EU relations.
According to Sunak, who transmits Guardian, the new agreement guarantees the fluidity of trade within the United Kingdom. Goods from the UK to Northern Ireland will be transported through the Green Channel without any checks. Goods destined for the EU will pass through the ‘red corridor’, while most EU single market rules will continue to apply in Ulster.
Sunak pointed out that Northern Ireland suppliers would no longer need “hundreds of certificates for each truck”. “This means that if food is available on supermarket shelves in the UK, it will also be available on supermarket shelves in Northern Ireland,” the Prime Minister said.
The deal between London and Brussels concerns the Northern Ireland Protocol, over which disputes have continued since 2020, when the UK officially left the European Union. After Brexit, Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK but separated from its mainland by the Irish Sea, remained a member of the EU customs union. As a result, a customs boundary was formed between the UK and Northern Ireland.
The protocol makes it possible not to carry out customs checks on goods coming from Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) to the Republic of Ireland (EU), but obliges to check goods coming from the United Kingdom.
Bureaucratic complexities directed disruptions in the supply of goods, including medicines, and a political crisis in Northern Ireland.
In May 2022, for the first time, the nationalist Sinn Féin party wins the majority of seats in the country’s general elections, which advocates the separation of Northern Ireland from Great Britain and unification with the Republic of Ireland. . The party endorses the Northern Ireland protocol.
In order to form an executive branch, Sinn Féin must negotiate with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which supports keeping Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom. The DUP demanded that the Northern Ireland protocol be changed and said it would refuse to join the new government if this was not done.
