The EU will wait to see what the approach of the next UK prime minister would be before deciding its next move in response to the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said
Mr Coveney is in Belfast to meet political leaders to discuss the ongoing power-sharing impasse at Stormont triggered by the DUP's refusal to re-enter a devolved executive in protest at Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol.It had not been possible to arrange a meeting with DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson as he was in London, Mr Coveney said.
"I think there is a sense in Brussels now that they want to wait for a new prime minister to be in office in number 10 Downing Street," he said. "It's no secret that the relationship between the British and Irish governments has not been good in recent years and that's because the British government has decided to move away from partnership and co-operation, which in many ways has been the foundation of the success of the peace agreements which will be 25 years old this year.
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