Category: Windsor Framework

UK and EU Sign Off New Northern Ireland Brexit Deal

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal for Northern Ireland has been formally signed off, without the support of the province’s largest unionist party. On Friday, the Windsor Framework was legally adopted in a meeting chaired by both Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic days after MPs voted overwhelmingly in its favour….


Sunak’s Windsor Framework Deal Passes First Parliamentary Hurdle

A new post-Brexit trading arrangement for Northern Ireland has cleared its first parliamentary hurdle after MPs voted in its favour. Despite opposition from some Conservatives and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 515 politicians voted in favour of implementing the new Windsor Framework’s “Stormont brake”—with 29 opposing the UK-EU agreed mechanism. In total, 22 Conservatives rebelled…


DUP Sets up New Panel to Deliberate on New UK–EU Windsor Framework

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has set up a consultation group to help deliberate on whether to accept proposed UK–EU legislation to replace post-Brexit trading arrangements. The panel—made up of politicians as well as business and legal representatives—will carefully scrutinise the Windsor Framework deal, as well as engage with members of the unionist and loyalist…


Senior DUP Politician Says Stormont Brake ‘Not a Great Deal’

A senior Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician has accused the British government of “spin” surrounding a new agreement set to replace controversial post-Brexit trading arrangements. MP Sammy Wilson—the DUP’s chief whip—suggested the newly negotiated Windsor Framework was “not a great deal” while also taking aim at King Charles for meeting European Commission president Ursula von…