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Old 17-12-2021, 10:27   #3474
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Re: Britain outside the EU

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
Thanks.

So in fact HMG has not dropped its opposition to ECJ involvement in NI, but has simply acknowledged that can’t be addressed in the present negotiations because the Commission doesn’t have the power to offer concessions in that area.

As your link states:

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A senior British government official said London still believed the protocol’s governance arrangements were unsustainable in the long term but acknowledged that the commission had no mandate to renegotiate the protocol.
… which was in the first paragraph. I’m surprised this important nuance was lost on you.
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