EU và Anh tăng cường đàm phán N. Ireland khi EU tiếp tục hành động pháp lý

The European Union said on Friday (16 April) that Britain should not change trading rules in Northern Ireland on its own and that the bloc would continue its legal case over unilateral British action in the province for as long as necessary, viết Philip Blenkinsop and Michael Holden.

European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic, who hosted UK negotiator David Frost for talks on Thursday evening, said only agreements by joint bodies established by the Brexit divorce deal could provide stability in Northern Ireland.

The British-ruled province has remained in the EU single market for goods since Brexit to ensure an open border with EU member Ireland and so requires checks on goods coming from other parts of the United Kingdom.

Vào tháng XNUMX, Anh đã đơn phương gia hạn thời gian gia hạn đối với một số kiểm tra nhất định để giảm thiểu gián đoạn nguồn cung, một động thái mà Brussels cho biết đã vi phạm thỏa thuận ly hôn Brexit được gọi là Thỏa thuận rút tiền và giao thức cụ thể về Ireland / Bắc Ireland. Tìm hiểu thêm.

Sefcovic said in a statement on Friday there was no space for unilateral action. He said both sides had to agree on how to comply fully with the protocol, including "clear end-points, deadlines, milestones and the means to measure progress".

Frost said the British government was committed to working through joint bodies and that all solutions had to respect the Good Friday peace agreement "in all its dimensions" and to ensure minimal disruption to everyday lives in Northern Ireland.

Both agreed that Thursday's discussion took place in a constructive atmosphere, that talks needed to intensify and that they would jointly engage with business groups, civil society and others in Northern Ireland.

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Frost said some "positive momentum" had been established.

"But a number of difficult issues remained and it was important to continue to discuss them," the British government said in a statement.

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