The Irish Minister of European Affairs once said that when it comes to the “tough guy method” Northern Ireland It will lead to disaster, adding that the threat to suspend the Northern Ireland Protocol is the first time in 25 years that the British government is inconsistent with the international consensus on maintaining peace and stability in Northern Ireland.
In an interview with BBC Radio 4, Thomas Byrne stated that if the British government threatens to trigger Article 16, that is, to suspend post-Brexit trade arrangements and continue its “tough guy approach”, “Northern Ireland will face complete failure.” A serious danger to stability”.
He said: “We are facing a situation where the United States is putting pressure on the British government, the European Union is working together to care about Northern Ireland, and Ireland is concerned about Northern Ireland. In the past 25 years, we have never encountered the British government turning a blind eye to this situation. .
“We hope to establish a very close relationship and good cooperation with the British government, and we hope to work together.”
He urged the British government today to engage in “constructive” negotiations with the European Union on the Northern Ireland agreement, which will keep Northern Ireland in the EU single commodity market, leading to some inspections of products crossing the Irish Sea from the United Kingdom, which has ignited protests in the past week. After two buses, the escalation of tensions in Northern Ireland ended.
Byrne’s remarks come as David Frost, the UK’s chief negotiator to the European Union, will meet with Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič of the European Commission on Friday for the latest round of negotiations. The EU proposed amendments in October to cancel the 80% Inspection of. The cargo between Northern Ireland and the British mainland failed to meet the requirements of the British government.
The British government wants the European Union to abolish the role of judges as dispute arbitrators in the European Court of Justice (ECJ). More and more people are speculating that if this is not possible, the UK may use the agreement’s withdrawal clause in the next few weeks.
Frost told the House of Lords on Wednesday that if the dispute is not resolved, triggering Article 16-which would suspend elements of an arrangement designed to maintain free flow of borderless trade on the island of Ireland-will be Britain’s only option.
He said that during the talks, “there is a real opportunity to get rid of confrontation, overcome our current difficulties, and establish a new and better balance.” But he added that triggering Article 16 is “not inevitable”.
He said: “In my opinion, this negotiation process is not over yet. Although we have been talking for nearly four weeks now, it is still possible that the negotiation has not yet been carefully reviewed, including many methods proposed by the United Kingdom.
“There is more to be done, and of course I will not give up on this process unless and until it is very clear that there is nothing more to do. Of course we have not been there yet. But if we reach that point in due course, the 16th This safeguard measure will be our only choice.”
The Irish government has held talks with the Joe Biden government on the agreement. On Thursday, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney (Simon Coveney) stated that the contact with the US government was intended to “encourage progress in negotiations.”
