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In Belfast, Boris Johnson tries to ease tensions

2022-05-16T17:26:19.550Z


The British Prime Minister on Monday encouraged the formation of a government in Northern Ireland, paralyzed by a political crisis.


In London

To which Boris Johnson should we dedicate ourselves?

To the one who shows himself moderate, or on the contrary to the head of government who stirs up the embers?

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For more than a year, London has been brandishing threats against the European Union in the hope of obtaining a modification of the Northern Irish protocol in parallel with a series of diplomatic negotiations with Brussels.

The agreement at the origin of the tensions between the United Kingdom and the Twenty-Seven made it possible to maintain Ulster in the European customs union and in the common market, avoided the re-establishment of a border between the two Ireland and made Brexit possible.

Protocol of agreement

Yesterday, the very ambiguous approach of London vis-à-vis the Twenty-Seven in this matter reached a new peak.

In a column published in the

Belfast Telegraph

ahead of his visit, the Conservative leader assured that he did not want to repeal the Northern Irish protocol.

Yet the same Boris Johnson intends to unilaterally and imminently change the deal he…

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Source: lefigaro

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