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The British Supreme Court this week dismissed a challenge to the post-Brexit trade agreement with the European Union known as the Northern Ireland Protocol. The high court unanimously dismissed the challenge, saying that the agreement did not breach the 1800 Acts of Union or the 1998 Northern Ireland Act.
The UK’s Supreme Court unanimously dismissed a challenge to the Northern Ireland Protocol on Wednesday, citing that the trade agreement did not breach the 1800 Acts of Union or the 1998 Northern Ireland Act following 30 years of violence between Irish Republicans and pro-British unionists. The challenge was also dismissed by the Northern Ireland High Court and Court of Appeal.
The legal challenge was filed by pro-Brexit activists and former leaders of Northern Ireland’s unionist parties. The group argued that the protocol, which protects the EU’s single market without creating a hard border with EU member Ireland, undermined its place in the UK. The protocol has also disrupted trade between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK since it was implemented in 2021.
The enforcement of the protocol also sparked outrage among pro-British communities resulting in the challenge that was brought on by Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster, Traditional Unionist Voice Leader Jim Allister, and the late former Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble among others.
The British government is already currently in talks with the bloc to resolve the issues in the post-Brexit trade agreement. There has been no breakthrough so far.
“A solution to the protocol was never going to be found in the courts, but the cases have served to highlight some of the reasons why unionists have uniformly rejected the protocol,” said DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson. “The Protocol represents an existential threat to the future of Northern Ireland’s place within the Union. The longer the Protocol remains, the more it will harm the union itself.”
EU Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic said on Monday that while there is progress in the ongoing negotiations, there are still issues that need to be resolved, saying that his team was looking to make a breakthrough every week.
“Progress is being made, but difficulties remain,” said Sefcovic during a news conference in Brussels after a meeting of EU ministers.
