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Maros Sefcovic emphasized in a statement that the European Union did not accept London’s argument that the bill was intended to protect the so-called Good Friday Agreement, which ended decades of armed conflict in Ireland in 1998, as its adoption it would have the opposite effect.
Highlights:
The proposal contradicts in several respects the chapters of the Brexit Agreement aimed at preventing the reintroduction of physical border controls, which have not existed for many years, between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The agreement, which is the result of long, detailed and difficult negotiations, has as its fundamental objective the protection of peace and stability on the island of Ireland, he stressed.
Sefcovic asked the British government to do so as soon as possible remove from the invoice before the end of the month, at the latest, those points that would void certain elements of the agreement.
The Slovak commissioner recalled that the exit agreement provided for a series of mechanisms and solutions in the event of non-compliance with the legal obligations of the text, which the European Union would firmly apply if necessary.
According to him, the European Union expects London to fully respect the spirit and all the letters of the agreement. He noted that by introducing the bill, London had seriously violated the trust between the EU and the UK, and it was now up to the British government to restore it.
The bill, introduced in the London House of Commons on Wednesday afternoon, is officially aimed at transferring the regulatory powers of the UK’s domestic market from the European Union to UK national governments.
The UK withdrew from the EU on January 31. On the day of her departure, a transitional period of 11 months began, the main objective of which is to allow time for an agreement on the terms of future relationships.
The eighth-week round of talks on the future of relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom began on Tuesday in London. So far, no significant progress has been made.
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