BREXIT negotiations appear to be on the brink after the Government suggested introducing controversial new legislation to alter the withdrawal agreement, leaving the Irish parties 'united in horror', according to a professor.
. No.10 has denied that this will “tear up” the withdrawal agreement, which laid out how trade was going to work after Brexit, particularly in Northern Ireland. Reports claim that such a law could “override” the legal force of the treaty — settled on last year — but Downing Street has said it intends only to make “minor clarifications in extremely specific areas”.
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