UK govt publishes plan to get rid of parts of post-Brexit deal

The United Kingdom Government has published its plans to get rid of parts of the post-Brexit deal it agreed with the European Union in 2019. It wants to change the Northern Ireland Protocol to make it easier for some goods to flow from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. But, the EU opposes the move, saying that going back on the deal breaches international law.

The UK Government says there is no other way



of safeguarding essential interests of the UK. It argues the term necessity is used in international law to justify situations where the only way a state can safeguard an essential interest is by disapplying - or breaking - another international obligation.

The alterations are set out in the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, to be debated and voted on by Parliament.