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The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, commonly abbreviated to the Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP), is a protocol to the Brexit withdrawal agreement that sets out Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit relationship with both the EU and Great Britain. [1] The Withdrawal Agreement, including the Protocol, came into effect on 1 January 2021. [1]
Serbia and Montenegro, the most advanced candidates in their negotiation processes with the EU, may join the EU sometime between 2025 and 2030. [14] [15] [16] Montenegro's declared political goal is to complete its negotiations by the end of 2026, and achieve membership of the EU by 2028. [4] [5]
The official EU media (the speeches of the European Commission) frequently referred to the enlargement to the CEE region as "an historical opportunity" and "morally imperative", which reflected the desire of the EU to admit these countries as members, even though they were less developed than the Western European countries. [70]
A failure to end the imposition of EU law in Northern Ireland in any new UK/EU deal on post-Brexit trade will ensure Stormont’s powersharing impasse continues, a senior DUP figure has warned.
Stephen Farry added that "The Bill is opposed by a majority of Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly and, indeed, of voters in Northern Ireland". [27] DUP members welcomed the proposals. Sinn Féin members do not take their seats in Westminster and did not contribute to the debate. The bill was given its second reading in the House and ...
The SDLP’s Matthew O’Toole said his party would urge the UK-EU joint committee, the body that oversees the working of the Windsor Framework, to allow the law to apply to Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland will per article 6(2) be bound by the entire EU Customs Code, and shall be considered part of the EU customs territory per article 15(1). Furthermore, Northern Ireland will maintain "regulatory alignment" with the EU Single Market, again until a mutually satisfactory alternative arrangement can be put in place for Single Market ...
The two eastern European nations made a breakthrough in their bid to join the Area in late 2023