Brussels and London reach an agreement for Brexit
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will ratify the agreement next Saturday in the British Parliament without majority support
The European Commission and the British negotiators reached an agreement this Thursday on Brexit to be settled on Saturday. “When there is a will, there are agreements. We have reached one that is fair and balanced for the EU and the United Kingdom, and which evidences our commitment to find solutions. I recommend that the European Council endorse this agreement“, said in a tweet the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker.
In a letter sent to Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, Juncker explained the reasons why he believes that today the heads of State and Government of the 28 must give their support to this pact so that the United Kingdom can leave the EU next October 31, without excuses to continue extensions. “The negotiators have reached an agreement on a revised Protocol for Northern Ireland and on the Political Declaration.”
Decisions subject to the DUP
For Boris Jhonson, Prime Minister of Brussels, the Brexit pact is “a great new agreement that allows us to regain control” and despite the position of the DUP, Democratic Unionist Party, Jhonson is betting that the Parliament values this effort and approves it next Saturday so that “we can meet other priorities, such as public health, the cost of living, violence and the environment.”
The last few days have been dedicated almost exclusively to circumvent the red lines of the DUP in the matter of the Customs Union and VAT in what is known as consent. In general, the agreement states that European regulation will apply to all goods in Northern Ireland.
Second, the European negotiator for Brexit, Michel Barnier has stated that Northern Ireland will remain within the customs territory of the United Kingdom, so it will benefit from its commercial policies as well. The controls on the goods will be carried out at the point of entry to this British territory and not in the Republic of Ireland. “The British authorities will be responsible for the application of the Customs Union code in Northern Ireland,” said Barnier.
K.Villarroel
Source: elmundo
