Dr Billy Melo Araujo
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Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal: How the Stormont brake could block new EU laws from Northern Ireland
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After years of negotiations, the EU and UK have finally agreed on a “Windsor Framework” to reduce trade barriers between Northern Ireland, Britain and the EU. But beware! There are strings attached, including a “Stormont Brake” for the NI Assembly to pull whenever they don’t like EU rules.
Why the UK government’s plan to change the Northern Ireland Protocol violates international law.
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Businesses in Northern Ireland largely support the protocol, as do the political parties who got the most support in recent assembly elections. So why does the government still plan to override the Northern Ireland protocol, in breach with the UK’s legal obligations?