Rishi Sunak hails 'decisive' Brexit agreement - but now he needs to sell it to his own party
Mr Sunak and Ms von der Leyen met on Monday to thrash out a new agreement.The UK and EU have agreed a new post-Brexit trade deal which Rishi Sunak described as a "decisive" breakthrough.The "Windsor Framework" amends the conditions under which trade in Northern Ireland takes place, but the PM is waiting to see if his party's own Brexit hardliners are willing to back it.
"Together we have changed the original protocol and are today announcing the new Windsor framework," he told a press conference at the Windsor Guildhall. Some checks on goods take place to reduce the risk of products that don't comply with EU rules entering the single market from Britain, but unionists critics say it effectively moves the border from Ireland to the Irish Sea.
The Irish Times said the DUP is expected to approve the plans. Some pro-Brexit Tories had threatened to oppose any deal if the unionist party did not agree to it.
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