EU exit: Northern Irish DUP rejects new Brexit proposals

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The Northern Irish party DUP rejects the new Brexit details negotiated between the EU and the UK. Thus, the proposals for customs are unacceptable, and even with the VAT, there are ambiguities, party leader Arlene Foster and her deputy Nigel Dodds with. The DUP will continue to work with the government to find a reasonable solution.

Two weeks before the planned EU exit of the British on 31 October, experts from both sides had made decisive progress on Wednesday. They reached agreement on issues that were long considered the biggest hurdles, including the avoidance of a customs border between the EU state of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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But initially no overall agreement succeeded, because even more complicated details were open. According to an EU diplomat, there was also no text of the treaty. The EU was worried that time was running short. According to diplomatic sources in Brussels, there was no political agreement from Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the agreement of the negotiators.

At the regular meeting of EU leaders on Thursday and Friday in Brussels, a resolution on a divorce treaty could be approved.

The Parliament British Parliament could then vote on a special meeting on Saturday on the intended agreement. It is scheduled between 10.30 am and 3 pm German time. It is the first extraordinary meeting on a Saturday for 37 years. First, on Thursday to be voted on whether the meeting can take place.