but mocked and demonised. well, i cannot subscribe to that. we have a constant dialogue with all political actors in northern ireland. our interlocutor, official interlocutor, is, of course, the government in westminster, with whom we deal on a regular basis, but let me be clear about one point. once you ve signed and ratified the treaty, you are supposed to implement it. in international relations, when i ve been involved, i knew for a number of years, there are two major commodities. one is mutual trust between partners, and the second is international recognised credibility. and i don t need to make an allusion to the present geostrategic context to say how important it is that the law is respected, that commitments are respected. well. and that should be our starting point. hang on. that allusion of yours to what s happening in russia,
the facts are there. if you sign an agreement which is international law, british law, eu law, and in the regular way, you try to put that in question, this is not the first time that the government does this. they did it with the internal market bill, they did with unilateral action. what are we looking forward to have is jointly agreed, common solution. this is the only way forward. and we want to do it by recognising, as i was saying, that the difficulties in implementing this protocol, we are open to talks with the british government. but i mean, how do you want to. how would you feel that the other partner of yours wants to discuss by saying what we have agreed a couple of years ago is.? well, the funny thing is. it s very difficult to create a good climate for negotiations if the starting point is to say, i need to redraft everything. if you see this as a fight where there has to be a winner and a loser, maybe.
of the protocol. let me give you. only you don t trust london. you don t trust london any more, do you? not a question of i trust or not trust. the facts are there. if you sign an agreement which is international law, british law, eu law, and in the regular way, you try to put that in question, this is not the first time that the government does this. they did it with the internal market bill, they did with unilateral action. what are we looking forward to have is jointly agreed, common solution. this is the only way forward. and we want to do it by recognising, as i was saying, that the difficulties in implementing this protocol, we are open to talks with the british government. but i mean, how do you want to. how would you feel that the other partner of yours wants to discuss by saying what we have agreed a couple of years ago is.? well, the funny thing is. it s very difficult to create a good climate for negotiations if the starting point
good. i talk to unionists. well, then, explain to me why a leading unionist politician, sammy wilson, says this, for two and a half years, we unionists have urged dublin and brussels to change course, and yet for two and a half years, we have been nothing but mocked and demonised. well, i cannot subscribe to that. we have a constant dialogue with all political actors in northern ireland. our interlocutor, official interlocutor, is, of course, the government in westminster, with whom we deal on a regular basis, but let me be clear about one point. once you ve signed and ratified the treaty, you are supposed to implement it. in international relations, when i ve been involved, i knew for a number of years, there are two major commodities. one is mutual trust between partners, and the second is international recognised credibility. and i don t need to make an allusion to the present geostrategic context to say how important it is that the law is respected,
i talk to people in northern ireland. good. i talk to unionists. well, then, explain to me why a leading unionist politician, sammy wilson, says this, for two and a half years, we unionists have urged dublin and brussels to change course, and yet for two and a half years, we have been nothing but mocked and demonised. well, i cannot subscribe to that. we have a constant dialogue with all political actors in northern ireland. our interlocutor, official interlocutor, is, of course, the government in westminster, with whom we deal on a regular basis, but let me be clear about one point. once you ve signed and ratified the treaty, you are supposed to implement it. in international relations, when i ve been involved, i knew for a number of years, there are two major commodities. one is mutual trust between partners, and the second is international recognised credibility. and i don t need to make an allusion to the present geostrategic context to say how important it is that the law is