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A crash-course on the Article 16 of the NI protocol.
1. It may be used unilaterally by either party to address a single issue of a temporary nature until the issue is resolved. It only addresses the SINGLE issue so the rest of the protocol is PROTECTED and continues to function.
1. It may be used unilaterally by either party to address a single issue of a temporary nature until the issue is resolved. It only addresses the SINGLE issue so the rest of the protocol is PROTECTED and continues to function.
2. This single issue is a possible export ban on vaccines in EU being exported to the detriment of EU citizens. As the export ban (possible) includes UK and NI is essentially within the EU in some respects, NI could import vaccine from EU and pass it on to GB thus making...
... the export restriction ineffective .
3. Article 16 is there to protect the protocol. It does the opposite of suspending it. It allows a single issue resolution while ensuring the rest of the protocol to function.
3. Article 16 is there to protect the protocol. It does the opposite of suspending it. It allows a single issue resolution while ensuring the rest of the protocol to function.
PS.
I wish uninformed knee-Jerk Brit media and jingoist anti-EU folk would calm the fuck down. There is a procedure.
I wish uninformed knee-Jerk Brit media and jingoist anti-EU folk would calm the fuck down. There is a procedure.
