The foreign ministers of Germany and Ireland condemned the bill proposed by the British government to amend the Northern Ireland protocol for unilaterally undermining the brexit agreement on the 3rd. British "Observer" published a joint commentary article on the 3rd by German Foreign Minister Annalena belburke and Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney. The article writes that the unilateral destruction of an international agreement signed two years ago by Britain has no legal or political rationality. The protocol amendment bill proposed by the British government will not solve the problem, but will cause a series of new uncertainties and make the problem more complicated. "Unfortunately, the British government did not choose to accept these proposals in good faith. Instead of taking the road of cooperation and dialogue, Britain chose unilateralism." The article said. In 2019, Britain and the European Union signed the "brexit" agreement. In addition to agreeing on the rules to be followed by the economic and trade cooperation between the two sides after Britain's withdrawal from the European single market and the customs union, they also signed the Northern Ireland protocol, agreeing that Northern Ireland should maintain smooth cross-border personnel and goods exchanges with Ireland, a member of the European Union, without border inspection facilities, and continue to follow the EU economic and trade rules, so as to maintain the results of the 1998 Northern Ireland peace agreement. However, in order to prevent goods from other parts of the UK from bypassing EU regulation and entering the EU market through Northern Ireland, the protocol stipulates that goods from England, Scotland and Wales must be subject to border inspection when they are transported into Northern Ireland. Opponents believe that this means the establishment of a customs border in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland. At the beginning, the British government made a compromise to reach the "brexit" agreement, but after the realization of the "brexit", it continued to express its "regret". Despite repeated warnings from the European Union, the British government formally proposed a bill to amend the Northern Ireland protocol in early June and submitted it to Parliament for consideration. The lower house of Parliament passed the bill on "second reading" on June 27 and is scheduled to discuss it again on July 13. (Xinhua News Agency)
Edit：He Chuanning Responsible editor：Su Suiyue
Source：Xinhua
Special statement: if the pictures and texts reproduced or quoted on this site infringe your legitimate rights and interests, please contact this site, and this site will correct and delete them in time. For copyright issues and website cooperation, please contact through outlook new era email：lwxsd@liaowanghn.com
Recommended Reading Change it 
Home
