The DUP, Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party, collapsed Stormont when it walked out in February in protest at the NI Protocol
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arriving at a hotel near Belfast where he is set to hold talks with Northern Ireland political leaders Rishi Sunak has held informal talks with the leaders of Stormont’s five main parties, as he seeks toMr Sunak met with senior representatives of Sinn Féin, the Democratic Unionist Party, Ulster Unionist Party, Alliance and SDLP at a hotel near Belfast at the start visit to the region on Thursday evening.
Talks between the UK and EU to resolve the impasse over the contentious trading arrangements are continuing with both sides continuing to insist a deal is possible. It claims the protocol has undermined Northern Ireland’s place within the United Kingdom by creating economic barriers on trade entering the region from Great Britain.Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill, who is in line to become first minister of Northern Ireland if devolution is restored, was also present.
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