DUP Set to Stop Bid to Restart Northern Ireland Assembly Before Strike
- Parties attempt to recall Stormont legislature before strikes
- Two-year stalemate paralyzing devolved executive in Belfast
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The Democratic Unionist Party rebuffed efforts by rival groups to restart the devolved government in Northern Ireland, pushing the region toward a public-sector strike and possibly fresh elections to break a two-year political stalemate.
Sinn Fein, backed by the Social Democratic and Labour Party and the Alliance Party, has sought to recall the assembly in Belfast ahead of a deadline Thursday to restore power-sharing between Unionist and Nationalist groups. The DUP, which backs closer ties with Great Britain, has boycotted government to protest against Westminster-led efforts to manage post-Brexit border controls across the Irish Sea.