Arlene Foster urges Boris Johnson to replace NI protocol Nadeem Badshah
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Northern Ireland’s first minister, Arlene Foster, has urged Boris Johnson to replace the NI protocol after the EU sparked a dispute over vaccine controls.
The EU caused outrage on Friday evening when it invoked article 16 of the post-Brexit mechanism to stop the unimpeded flow of vaccines from the European bloc into the region.
But it later abruptly reversed the move following condemnation from London, Belfast and Dublin.
Foster described the move as an “absolutely incredible act of hostility towards those of us in Northern Ireland”.
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Arlene Foster said it was an absolutely incredible act of hostility towards those of us in Northern Ireland . It s absolutely disgraceful, and I have to say the Prime Minister now needs to act very quickly to deal with the real trade flows that are being disrupted between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, she told BBC Radio 4 s Today programme.
The DUP leader reiterated calls for Mr Johnson to enact Article 16 of the protocol over delays being face by hauliers. We ve been asking the PM to deal with the flow problems and indeed, since January 1, we ve been trying to manage along with the Government the many, many difficulties that have arisen between Great Britain and Northern Ireland and there are actions he could take immediately, she said.
How the Northern Ireland Protocol has been become an issue in coronavirus vaccine delivery
First Minister Arlene Foster has urged Boris Johnson to replace Article 16
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