Arlene Foster Premier Northern Ireland

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By Tiziana Di Giovannandrea

30 January 2021 Northern Ireland Prime Minister Arlene Foster has asked to renegotiate the border agreement between the two Irish as the vaccine controversy between London and Brussels has shown how "inapplicable" it is.



Arlene Foster, leader of the unionist party Dup told the BBC: "The protocol is unacceptable and will have to be replaced because otherwise there will be serious difficulties here in Northern Ireland", and asked the governments in London and Dublin to revoke the agreements. which keep Northern Ireland in the EU trade rules area.

Agreements which, in the intentions of the negotiators, were instead intended to avoid tensions on the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland. 



The European Commission, last Friday, in fact, had decided to include Northern Ireland in the areas subject to vaccine export controls initiated following the cut in the expected deliveries of the anticovid vaccine, announced by AstraZeneca.



Brussels then retraced its steps to this decision after the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, had expressed to the President of the EU Commission Ursula Von der Leyen, "grave concern" over Europe's decision to make use of a derogation from the negotiated protocol. to avoid the restoration of a border between the two Irish.



Belfast local government head Arlene Foster asked Johnson to act "very quickly" to suspend the protocol, as it would hamper trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.



"There is a lot of anger and tension among the local population here in Northern Ireland", said the unionist leader, "this protocol which was to bring peace and harmony to Northern Ireland has had the opposite effect". 



It all started with the clash over the contracts for the delivery of the AstraZeneca anticovid vaccine.