After the resignation of Brexit negotiator David Frost, Foreign Minister Liz Truss will take over his duties. The British government announced on Sunday evening. The 46-year-old is expected to negotiate with the European Union on the implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol. The statement said, according to Sky News, that Truss will immediately assume ministerial responsibility for relations between the UK and the EU. In this role, as chief negotiator, she is now taking on the ongoing talks with Brussels about special Brexit rules for Northern Ireland.
Frost had previously announced his resignation in a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
The reason given was that he did not agree with the current direction of the Conservative Party.
The most recent corona resolutions are said to have been the trigger.
Tax increases and Johnson's climate policy should not correspond to the ideas of the ex-minister.
Frost's resignation came at an inopportune time for Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
He has just suffered a heavy defeat in the North Shropshire by-election and survived a scandal over alleged lockdown Christmas parties on Downing Street.
In addition, corona incidences in the UK are rising rapidly.
In the negotiations with the EU - both on the Brexit trade pact last year and in the Northern Ireland talks - Frost was seen as a conservative hardliner.
Truss was previously trade minister and had negotiated trade agreements with non-EU countries.