U.K. Ramps Up Warning to EU Over Post-Brexit Northern Ireland
- Frost reiterates U.K. prepared to suspend parts of settlement
- Urges bloc to take British demand to negotiate ‘seriously’
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The U.K. hit back at remarks by European Union officials over Northern Ireland, warning the bloc to take the British government’s threat to suspend parts of the post-Brexit settlement “seriously.”
Britain and the EU are locked in a dispute over the future of Northern Ireland, which effectively remained in the bloc’s single market and customs union following Brexit to avoid creating a trade border within the island of Ireland.