It’s just over six years since the UK’s referendum on membership of the European Union (EU) and pretty much 18 months since that last-minute Brexit agreement on December 24, 2020, which averted a “no deal” scenario after more than four long years of not-entirely-effective negotiations.
The aftermath of such an important and complex decision is far from settled. On June 28, the House of Commons passed a controversial bill that would allow ministers to amend the 2019 agreement between the UK and the EU.
At its core, the legislation keeps Northern Ireland as part of the European single market to avoid the possible reintroduction of a physical border with the Republic of Ireland.
However, London has never accepted the idea of Northern Ireland (which is part of the United), remining in the EU’s Customs Union, because it would effectively render Britain a third country.
The new law, therefore, aims to rewrite parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol, which is an integral part of the Brexit agreement. For its part, Brussels has already made it known that the unilateral revision…
