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BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union promised legal action on Wednesday after the British government unilaterally extended a grace period for checks on food imports to Northern Ireland, a move Brussels said violated terms of Britain’s divorce deal.
FILE PHOTO: Police officers stand by port security as a lorry drives in at the entrance to the Port of Larne, Northern Ireland, Britain January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
Since it left the EU last year, Britain’s relations with the bloc have soured, with both sides accusing the other of acting in bad faith in relation to part of their trade agreement that covers goods movements to Northern Ireland.
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The Northern Ireland Protocol is threatening to become a chronic condition, and flare ups are now occurring with worrying regularity.
This week Northern Secretary Brandon Lewis announced to the House of Commons that Britain would decide itself how the Protocol should be applied. Comparisons with September s Internal Market Bill, which Lewis had admitted would breach international law, were swift. This amounts to a violation of the relevant substantive provisions of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland and the good faith obligation under the Withdrawal Agreement, the European Commission said. This is the second time that the UK government is set to breach international law.