Post-Brexit Northern Ireland protocol is legal, says Belfast appeals court
Date
3/15/2022 1:24:40 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
A court of appeal in Belfast has ruled that the Northern Ireland
Protocol for post-Brexit customs controls is legal, Trend reports citing
Euronews.
Judges concluded that the deal between the United Kingdom and
the European Union was“simple or straightforward”.
The verdict is a blow to unionists in Northern Ireland who see
the protocol as a threat to their place in the UK, as it keeps
Northern Ireland in the European single market and customs
union.
They had argued that the text had illegally overwritten parts of
the Acts of Union 1800 and the Northern Ireland Act 1998, which
established peace after three decades of bloody conflict.
But Justice Siobhan Keegan rejected both claims, ruling that the
UK government had acted lawfully and that the protocol was
consistent with UK and EU laws.
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