Johnson attacks the EU, threatens internal tariffs in GB – Ultima Ora



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(ANSA) – LONDON, SEPTEMBER 14 – The controversial post-Brexit bill presented today by Boris Johnson in the House of Commons serves to “take the weapon off the table” that the EU could use against the Kingdom in the event of failure of negotiations on future trade relations. The Conservative Prime Minister himself told Westminster deputies, accusing Brussels of threatening to interpret in an “extreme” way the protocol on Northern Ireland contained in the divorce agreement, up to a possible “blockade of the transport of food and agricultural products” . within our country “and the demand for” tariffs “on the British internal border between Ulster and the rest of the United Kingdom. Boris Johnson claims the controversial post-Brexit bill that calls into question some commitments contained in the Agreement Withdrawal signed with the EU. It is a text that aims to “guarantee the political and economic integrity of the United Kingdom, on which so many jobs and so many lives depend,” said the premier, presenting it to the Municipalities and inviting the deputies to vote for him , despite the announcement no. also by prominent conservative exponents.

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