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The EU launches legal action over Great Britain’s Brexit bill

October 3, 2020
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AFP – The European Union launched legal proceedings yesterday in response to the British government’s attempt to overturn parts of the Brexit withdrawal agreement.

The infringement procedure, which could come before European courts, has not yet derailed post-Brexit trade talks, but reflects the pessimistic mood in Brussels as time runs short for a deal.

“This morning, the Commission has decided to send a letter of formal notice to the UK Government. This is the first step in an infringement procedure,” EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said.

“The letter invites the UK Government to send its observations within a month,” said von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, the EU executive.

On Tuesday, British lawmakers adopted a bill to regulate the UK’s internal market from Jan 1, when Britain will complete its post-Brexit transition period and leave the EU single market and customs union.

The proposed law, by London’s own admission, overwrites parts of the withdrawal treaty that Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed with EU leaders last year, resulting in a breach of international law.

Johnson’s government has described this bill as a “safety net” in case post-Brexit trade talks fail and the EU tries to impose a customs border between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

But EU capitals – including Dublin – see these provisions as key to preventing a return of a hard border with Ireland and preserving the good relations underpinned by the Good Friday peace deal in Northern Ireland.

“As you know, we had invited our British friends to remove the problematic parts of their draft internal market bill by the end of September,” von der Leyen said.

“This draft bill is by its very nature, a breach of the obligation of good faith laid down in the withdrawal agreement. Moreover, if adopted as is, it will be in full contradiction to the protocol (on) Ireland, Northern Ireland.

“The deadline lapsed yesterday (Wednesday). The problematic provisions have not been removed.”

An EU statement said that the bill would breach Article 5 of the Withdrawal Agreement, which states that both sides must “cooperate in good faith” to implement the agreement.

If Britain does not back down, the infringement procedure could go all the way to the European Court of Justice, which would be able to impose large fines.

“We will respond to the letter in due course,” a British government spokesman told reporters, playing down the significance of the announcement.

“We have clearly set out our reasons for introducing the measures related to the Northern Ireland Protocol.

“We need to create a legal safety net to protect the integrity of the UK’s internal market, ensure ministers can always deliver on their obligations to Northern Ireland and protect the gains from the peace process.”

Johnson has pushed on with the legislation – despite concerns in his own party and a warning from Washington that it puts Irish peace at risk.

The legislation is now being debated by the House of Lords.

In parallel to the battle over the bill, EU and UK negotiators Michel Barnier and David Frost are meeting in Brussels this week for their final planned round of talks on a post-Brexit trade deal.

Diplomats say these talks will not be torpedoed by the legal action but London’s stance has cast a cloud over negotiations ahead of a planned EU summit on Oct 15.

If there is no deal by the end of October, European officials warn it is hard to see how one could be ratified by the end of the year, meaning the UK would leave the single market with no trade agreement.

This would exacerbate what is already expected to be the economic shock of Brexit, with a more severe disruption to cross-Channel trade, renewed tariffs and the prospect of a dispute over fishing rights.

European leaders, meanwhile were arriving in Brussels for a two-day summit on foreign policy and the EU budget.

Diplomats said they would not allow Brexit to divert them from their agenda, but that Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin would lay out Dublin’s concerns today.

This article was first published in Khmer Times. All contents and images are copyright to their respective owners and sources.

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