‘Applicability motion’ engages a democratic consent process of the Windsor Framework in the context of a vote on extending an EU law to the North
Stormont: Tuesday’s motion brought forward by the DUP – which was defeated after unionist parties voted against it – concerned a rule on the protection of geographical indicators for craft and industrial products.
The applicability motion is one of three mechanisms available to MLAs and relates to the introduction of new EU laws. To come into effect, they must have cross-community support with the majority of unionist and nationalist parties backing them. Tuesday’s motion brought forward by the DUP – which was defeated after unionist parties voted against it – concerned a rule on the protection of geographical indicators for craft and industrial products, such as pottery and ceramics.
Business sources have privately expressed concerns about the “lack of engagement” prior to Tuesday’s motion, which DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson described as a “watershed moment” but the SDLP dismissed as a “stunt”.
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