Britain threatens to suspend Brexit agreement – SME.sk

MANCHESTER. British Brexit Minister David Frost threatened on Monday to activate a controversial article in the agreement on the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU), which allows both parties to suspend it in certain circumstances.

According to him, the Brexit agreement in its current form threatens peace in the North Ireland and causes “instability and disruption.”

Unless the agreement is substantially changed, Britain will activate Article 16 of the agreement, the minister said.

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London wants to change part of the agreement, the Union does not

Britain cannot agree with the EU on the issue of controlling goods coming to Northern Ireland from other parts of the United Kingdom. The Brexit Agreement presupposes that part of the trade between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom must be subject to customs controls.

The aim of the so-called Northern Ireland Protocol is to prevent British goods from entering the EU common market without customs clearance, while guaranteeing the continuation of the open border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland as part of the European Community.

London considers border controls on goods to be annoying and wants to change the relevant parts of the Brexit agreement, but the EU refuses to renegotiate it.

The Union has stopped the legal proceedings

Following the repeated postponement of customs controls, the Union initiated legal proceedings against London in March, which it then suspended at the end of July.

Last month, the commission said it was interested in an agreement, but any solution must be “within the protocol”.