In Northern Ireland, where many people are preparing for the hot weather, arson attacks may occur. The post-Brexit dispute has put the entire region under pressure. Since January, the transportation of goods between the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland has been controlled.This is the Northern Ireland Protocol to the Brexit Treaty, the Boris Johnson government and I It has been closed. For the transportation of goods across the Irish Sea, companies must submit a large number of customs declarations and certificates, especially food and agricultural products. Trade is paralyzed as a result. Supermarkets in Northern Ireland initially struggled to fill the shelves with groceries.
Due to tariffs, many British transporters and online retailers have completely stopped deliveries. For weeks, the “Sausage War” has been the headline news-it is about the threat of EU import controls on frozen meat and sausages. At the end of June, a three-month grace period was agreed to allow the delivery of British meat products to Northern Ireland.
Highlights of the annual Northern Ireland “March Season”
Lord Frost, the Brexit minister who is negotiating with the European Union, believes that the Northern Ireland Protocol in its current form is unsustainable and called on the European Union to agree to a pragmatic easing policy. The agreement aims to prevent the establishment of hard (customs) borders in Ireland that could endanger peace. Northern Ireland is in fact still in the EU Customs Union and the single market. Therefore, the transportation of goods in the Irish Sea must be controlled. The “unionists” facing Britain felt betrayed. They worry that Little Northern Ireland, which has a population of only 1.8 million, will gradually leave the kingdom.
Tensions may increase in the coming days. This is the highlight of the annual Northern Ireland “March Season”. On July 12, the British Protestant “loyalists” of the Orange Order will once again march on the streets of Belfast, Londonderry and other places. More than a hundred parades with drums and flags have been announced. The night before, the loyalists once again lit a large bonfire, reminiscent of the lighthouse used by the army of King William III of England in 1690. (Orange’s) The next day at the Battle of the Boyne River, he won a decisive victory to secede from the Irish army. This conflict-filled history is still vicious today. The three-year bloody civil war between Catholic nationalists and Protestant unionists did not end until the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. This year, it is expected that not only a bonfire party will take place on July 11, but there may also be arson attacks and protest signals against the European Union. “EU out of Ulster” was written on the poster by the unionists.
For its part, London is trying to increase pressure, demanding concessions from the European Union, and demanding less control over the Irish Sea. It should be shipped to supermarkets in Northern Ireland without customs documents.Brexit Minister David Frost announces that the government will be in place on July 22 Johnson Propose a “new method”. Therefore, unilateral actions may be taken in the next two weeks. In March, the British government unilaterally extended the EU’s three-month transition period on the import of animals, meat and agricultural products to Northern Ireland to the end of September.
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The European Commission responded with an infringement lawsuit. “The past few weeks will be very tense,” a senior EU official recently summarized the dispute over the Northern Ireland Protocol-which is clearly an understatement from the perspective of Brussels. In particular, the French government exerted greater pressure on Britain and called for retaliation. The Vice-President of the European Commission Shevkovic announced in June that if the British government takes “further unilateral actions”, it must “convince Britain to comply with the treaty through all possible means.” Specifically, it is about imposing punitive tariffs on British goods imported into the European Union.
In the end, at least the committee was more reconciled. The European Union has proposed to amend its own drug approval rules to promote the supply of generic drugs to Northern Ireland. The same applies to the seemingly mediocre problem of how to ensure a smooth crossing of guide dogs. “We want to stand with the people of Northern Ireland,” a committee representative commented on this, but was immediately restricted: “But if the UK does not fulfil its obligations under the Northern Ireland Protocol, we will also show all the necessary strictness. “
The British side must now earnestly use the “new” transition period for chilled meat, and will not find a permanent solution until September 30. “We cannot update every three months because the British have not done their homework,” the committee said. “We need a permanent solution.”
