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SummaryVote on hold at Stormont Rebellion likely to be averted Johnson to vote against Truss
LONDON, March 22 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday called for a key element of a post-Brexit deal on Northern Ireland. of parliament is about to gain approval. some of its MPs.
Sunak, to one of the most difficult parts of the negotiations – England or European Union He tried to end years of Brexit disputes to ensure free trade with Northern Ireland without creating a so-called hard border.
It gives Northern Ireland more control over whether it accepts any new EU laws as part of measures called the Windsor Framework to ease post-Brexit tensions. offer agreed with the EU on the application of the “Stormont brake”, which aims to
However of parliament In Wednesday’s vote in the lower house, his favorites to win are the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland (DUP), Europe Some Conservative Eurosceptics in the Research Group (ERG) – and his two predecessors Boris Johnson and Liz Truss – are preparing to rebel.
Despite the opposition, Sunak is expected to win the vote – saying the rebellion would still be contained to give the Conservatives a majority, and that the opposition Labor Party would otherwise support the government.
Sunak’s spokesman urged MPs to back the Stormont ban.
“(It) fundamentally restores or deals with the democratic deficit that exists,” the spokesman said.
The brake allows Britain to block new EU laws from applying to goods in Northern Ireland if a third of lawmakers in the state’s legislature request it.
The ERG called the measure “practically useless” and the DUP said it did not apply to existing EU law complaint did
Sunak hailed the securing of the agreement last month as a “decisive breakthrough” that Britain and Northern Ireland will facilitate post-Brexit trade, firmly entrench the province’s place in the United Kingdom and give lawmakers there a say in whether to apply EU law. .
But the DUP said the new deal did little to ease concerns about post-Brexit trade arrangements, saying it “doesn’t deal with the core issue of applying the brakes to EU law”.
The Northern Ireland party said it would continue to talk to the government to address its concerns, despite opinion polls suggesting 45% of voters in the province supported the framework and 17% opposed.
The DUP has boycotted Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government for a year and has said it will not return to government until post-Brexit trade arrangements are overhauled.
After the ERG published a legal document striking down most of the measures in the Windsor Framework, ex Prime Minister Johnson, the face of the campaign to leave the EU, and his successor, Truss, said they would vote against the brake.
Johnson doubled down on Sunak’s commitment to a policy of sticking to legislation that would break the existing deal with the EU.
“Offer “The arrangements made will either mean that Northern Ireland is taken over by the EU legal order… or that the whole of the UK will not be able to properly leave and benefit from Brexit,” he said.
Reporting by Elizabeth Piper, addition by Padraic Halpin reportedited by Ed Osmond, Jason Neely, and Christina Fincher
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2023-03-22 13:59:33
Source – reuters
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