The UK government has provided its advice ahead of a vote at Stormont next week.
The UK government has said the Windsor Framework is "the only available and credible" basis for stability in Northern Ireland.The vote, known as the democratic consent motion, was first agreed between the UK and EU in 2020 as a way to give Northern Ireland's politicians a limited say on any deal.
The deal is opposed by unionist parties, but they are expected to be out-voted by the assembly's non-unionist majority.The government is legally required to publish "explanatory materials" ahead of the vote. It adds that it "does not believe that there are alternative or unilateral arrangements available for managing the unique circumstances of NI, subsequent to the UK’s departure from the EU".
The Democratic Unionist Party and other unionist parties have argued a simple majority vote creates a democratic deficit as the concerns of unionists who are in the minority at Stormont can be ignored.
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