Brexit proposals give Northern Ireland unionists a veto: DUP

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS OCTOBER 2, 2019 / 2:52 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Brexit proposals give Northern Ireland unionists a veto: DUP

BELFAST (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Northern Ireland allies on Wednesday said they support his new Brexit proposals because they give pro-British unionists an effective veto over any regulatory alignment with the European Union.

Democratic Unionist Party deputy leader Nigel Dodds told BBC television that the deal, an outline of which was published on Wednesday, provided an “absolute defense” that no regulatory alignment can be introduced without unionist agreement.

The Irish government has repeatedly indicated it would not accept a veto over the kind of regulatory alignment it believes is required to avoid the reintroduction of a hard border in Ireland that would anger Northern Ireland’s Irish nationalists.

Reporting by Conor Humphries, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-dup-veto/brexit-proposals-give-northern-ireland-unionists-a-veto-dup-idUSKBN1WH28M

[OnDoutside]

1. EU wouldn't accept it either. Rubbish suggestion.