British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a “decisive breakthrough” deal on post-Brexit rules for Northern Ireland.
Trade barriers will be removed in the Irish Sea, VAT and excise changes will be applied across the whole of the UK, and a new “Green and Red Lane” system—called the “Windsor Framework”—would replace the Northern Ireland Protocol, the Prime Minister announced on Monday.
The landmark agreement on the controversial trading arrangements was finalised on Monday afternoon at a Berkshire summit with European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen.
Speaking alongside the EU chief at a press conference in Windsor, Sunak said the deal not only protected Northern Ireland’s place in the United Kingdom, but was the “beginning of a new chapter” in Britain’s relationship with the European Union (EU)….
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