Coveney accused the UK of creating new red-lines by calling for removal of European Court of Justice from Northern Ireland.
Simon Coveney Image: PA Simon Coveney Image: PA SIMON COVENEY HAS questioned if the UK wants “a breakdown in relations” with the European Union in a late night Twitter spat with Brexit negotiator David Frost.
Brussels has indicated it will provide solutions on the flow of chilled meats and medicines into Northern Ireland from the UK, but has ruled out removing the oversight role of the ECJ. “2. We await proposals from @MarosSefcovic. We will look at them seriously & positively whatever they say. He said the proposals, which will focus on customs, medicines, animal checks and representation for Northern Ireland politicians in the EU, carried a “political risk” because of threats by the UK Government to trigger Article 16, which would override much of the protocol.
“The commission have been too quick to dismiss governance as a side issue. The reality is the opposite. A UK Government source threatened that Britain would trigger Article 16 of the protocol if the EU proposals amount to “tinkering around the edges”.
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