Ireland warns U.K. against threats to Brexit protocol
The Hindu
Mr. Coveney said the UK’s latest threats to pull the Northern Ireland Protocol had caused consternation in Brussels, as he met leaders in the British province
Ireland’s Foreign Minister Simon Coveney on May 11 said the U.K. risked a breach of international law if it scraps the trade rules it signed with the European Union for Northern Ireland.
Mr. Coveney said the U.K.’s latest threats to pull the Northern Ireland Protocol had caused consternation in Brussels, as he met leaders in the British province.
U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said that the government “will not shy away from taking action to stabilise the situation in Northern Ireland if solutions cannot be found” to key sticking points.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson also said his government needed to protect the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which ended three decades of sectarian violence over British rule in Northern Ireland.
“That is crucial for the stability of our country of the U.K., of Northern Ireland,” he said, adding that new arrangements needed to “command across community support”.
“Plainly the Northern Ireland Protocol fails to do that and we need to sort it out.”
Mr. Coveney said that the British foreign secretary’s comments had “gone down really badly across the European Union” and rejected London’s claims that Brussels was being inflexible over its implementation.
Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.