Johnson said there would be “a necessity to act” if the EU doesn’t agree to overhaul post-Brexit trade rules that he says are destabilizing Northern Ireland’s delicate political balance. Northern Ireland is the only part of the U.K. that shares a border with the EU. Instead, there are checks on some goods, such as meat and eggs, entering Northern Ireland from the rest of the U.K. The arrangement is opposed by unionists in Northern Ireland, who say the new checks have put a burden on businesses and frayed the bonds between Northern Ireland and the rest of the U.K. “Our mandate will be respected.”But while the DUP wants the Protocol scrapped, most other parties in Northern Ireland want to keep it, with some tweaks.

Source: Ethiopian News May 16, 2022 08:50 UTC