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The "premier" Boris Johnson has called for "substantial changes" in the Irish Protocol and reminded Brussels that it continues to consider the possibility of activating article 16, and unilaterally renounce the most controversial point of the Brexit Agreement due to the critical situation created in North Ireland.

The British Government insists that it does not seek a "renegotiation", but

a "new balance"

and in any case a more flexible way of applying it. Analysts consider the London petitions - contained in a 28-page "framework document" that has been tabled in Parliament - to amount to a "rewrite" of the Protocol, including the undervalued role of European institutions and courts in its governance. .

"The Protocol has failed to meet its objectives and we cannot ignore the political, economic and social difficulties it is creating in Northern Ireland," David Frost, UK Government Chief Negotiator, warned on Wednesday during his speech at Westminster.

"That is why we

need a new approach,

based on negotiation and the search for a new consensus."

"The Protocol is not working, that simple", stressed for his part the secretary for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis.

"We have seen how

trade is diverted,

supply chains are disrupted and costs are going up by increasing bureaucracy. All of this is having a considerable effect on the lives of Northern Irishmen."

According to the British Government, a total of 200 producers in Great Britain have stopped supplying Northern Ireland due to increasing

problems and controls,

which have seriously affected supermarket supplies.

London claims that 20% of EU controls for animal products are carried out today in Belfast.

The Protocol stipulates that Northern Ireland remains aligned after Brexit with the rules of the single market, precisely to avoid the return to a hard internal border with the Republic of Ireland.

In return, the closest thing to an internal customs office has been created in the North Sea, with the creation of EU controls in North-Irish ports.

The Labor opposition has harshly criticized the Johnson government for its attitude towards Ulster throughout the Brexit negotiating process. "The country is asking: are we acting in bad faith or is it just incompetence?" Said Labor spokeswoman for Northern Ireland, Louise Haigh. "The approach to the problem has been bizarre from the start,

the

dishonesty, recklessness and ineptitude have a price.

And have served to turn the call instability."

The problems caused by the Protocol are behind the riots in Belfast last April that injured 70 policemen, in clashes between unionists and Republicans. The situation has also created a serious political crisis, with the resignation of the chief minister, Arlene Foster, and serious divisions within the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).

The new leader of the DUP, Jeffrey Donaldson, until now very critical of the Johnson Government, nevertheless celebrated "the significant step" with the presentation of the framework document. "The government has accepted that the Protocol is unsustainable," Donaldson argued. "We have not tired of highlighting how

the creation of a border in the Irish Sea has been injurious

to all aspects of life in Northern Ireland. What we need is a proper renegotiation."

London and Brussels have set the date of September 30 as the deadline to try to reach an agreement on the sticking points of the Protocol.

"We have to get to the heart of the problem because temporary solutions are not enough," concluded David Frost, referring to the recent extension of the "grace period" for trade in frozen meat products that temporarily ended the so-called "war" of the sausages.

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