UK and EU Formally Adopt Brexit Deal for Northern Ireland
- Cleverly, Sefcovic to kick-start implementation of trade rules
- Unionists in Northern Ireland won’t rejoin power-sharing
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The UK and European Union signed off on their new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland on Friday, promising to kick-start the process of soothing the last major hangover following Britain’s exit from the bloc.
UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and EU Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic met in London to adopt the so-called Windsor Framework, the pair said in a joint statement. It comes after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak emphatically won a parliamentary vote this week on the Stormont Brake, a key part of the deal that seeks to give Northern Ireland’s politicians a veto over the application of new EU rules.