EXTERNAL ACTION / United kingdom

With new ‘Windsor Framework’ to resolve difficulties in Northern Ireland, UK and EU open a “new chapter” in their relationship

Brussels, 27/02/2023 (Agence Europe)

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced, on Monday 27 February, that they had reached an agreement on the implementation of the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland, which will now be known as the “Windsor framework” in reference to the location of their meeting.

After more than a year of discussions on the protocol, which the British government considered unworkable because it hindered trade between Great Britain and the...