The first meeting of the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly created by the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the two parties, held in Brussels on 12-13 May, opened in a particularly tense context, as Boris Johnson’s government signalled its intention to dismantle the basis of the Northern Ireland Protocol in the near future.
Chaired by Nathalie Loiseau (Renew Europe, France) and British Conservative MP Sir Oliver Heald, the meeting allowed for the relaunch of “a necessary...