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Georg Riekeles: The so-called 'Stormont brake' is a headache for EU — but this is surely a calculated risk

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The Stormont Brake — Brexit over or future headache?

From the long list of Brexit low points and vagaries, I will always remember the weekend starting the 4 September 2020.

That Friday, Arlene Foster, then first minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the DUP appeared on Sky News to say she was ready to move on with the Northern Ireland Protocol: "I mean, there are some who would continue to fight against the protocol, I have to recognise that [it] is the reality now."

Yet soon enough, the plot twisted dramatically.

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Georg E. Riekeles is associate director and head of the Europe’s political economy programme at the European Policy Centre. Before joining the EPC, he served as diplomatic adviser to the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier and head of strategy, media and diplomatic relations in the European Commission’s Task force for EU-UK negotiations. Riekeles is also a new monthly columnist for EUobserver.

Georg Riekeles: The so-called 'Stormont brake' is a headache for EU — but this is surely a calculated risk

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Georg E. Riekeles is associate director and head of the Europe’s political economy programme at the European Policy Centre. Before joining the EPC, he served as diplomatic adviser to the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier and head of strategy, media and diplomatic relations in the European Commission’s Task force for EU-UK negotiations. Riekeles is also a new monthly columnist for EUobserver.

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