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A thread on the #Brexit dish of the day:
Article 16 of the NI/IRL #Protocol.
There’s momentum (👋@uuponline @duponline) gathering behind the idea that the UK Govt should trigger safeguard measures re: the Protocol.
(Yes, already)
Why so, & what might it do?
TL;DR: zilch
1/11
Article 16 of the NI/IRL #Protocol.
There’s momentum (👋@uuponline @duponline) gathering behind the idea that the UK Govt should trigger safeguard measures re: the Protocol.
(Yes, already)
Why so, & what might it do?
TL;DR: zilch
1/11
First, why the calls for it?
Well.
#Brexit means change to UK-EU trade, & the #Protocol means that that is taking effect down the Irish Sea.
There was too little time & too little info to prepare.
There are [wholly predictable] consequences.
🛃
2/11
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe…
Well.
#Brexit means change to UK-EU trade, & the #Protocol means that that is taking effect down the Irish Sea.
There was too little time & too little info to prepare.
There are [wholly predictable] consequences.
🛃
2/11
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe…
Why invoke #Art16 of the Protocol?
It allows unilateral #safeguard measures - a common/necessary feature in trade agmts.
The purpose is to create a temporary breathing space in response to an unforeseen & sudden negative effect arising from the agmt.
Here's what it says👇
3/11
It allows unilateral #safeguard measures - a common/necessary feature in trade agmts.
The purpose is to create a temporary breathing space in response to an unforeseen & sudden negative effect arising from the agmt.
Here's what it says👇
3/11
N.Ireland is once again the rope in the UK/EU tug of war.
(we've been here before, several times 🙄😩)
Both claim to be acting on the grounds of the Good Friday/Belfast 1998 Agreement.
🇬🇧🇪🇺🇮🇪
Both have a point…
But it’s complicated.
A twitter thread.
#Brexit #GFA
1/13
(we've been here before, several times 🙄😩)
Both claim to be acting on the grounds of the Good Friday/Belfast 1998 Agreement.
🇬🇧🇪🇺🇮🇪
Both have a point…
But it’s complicated.
A twitter thread.
#Brexit #GFA
1/13
The Belfast/Good Friday #Agreement has 3 strands.
These strands represent the lines of division that gave rise to the #conflict:
* unionist/nationalist within NI,
* north/south across the border, &
* British/Irish.
The B/GFA formalised cooperation across these lines.
2/13
These strands represent the lines of division that gave rise to the #conflict:
* unionist/nationalist within NI,
* north/south across the border, &
* British/Irish.
The B/GFA formalised cooperation across these lines.
2/13
Crucially, all are #interdependent.
Underpinning it all is the British-Irish relationship
🇬🇧🇮🇪
That relationship was improved & became closer as a result of being ‘partners in the EU’ 🇪🇺
The EU was also a go-to model for some of that cross-border & multilevel cooperation.
3/13
Underpinning it all is the British-Irish relationship
🇬🇧🇮🇪
That relationship was improved & became closer as a result of being ‘partners in the EU’ 🇪🇺
The EU was also a go-to model for some of that cross-border & multilevel cooperation.
3/13
