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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to “get Brexit done”, but many have suggested that it was only Rishi Sunak’s Windsor Framework Agreement for Northern Ireland last year that ultimately accomplished the task. Ta.
But recent days and weeks have reminded us that there are still many unanswered questions about Brexit.
As both parties grapple with their new relationship, new challenges are constantly being thrown at them.
This comes as polls show that Sir Keir Starmer, who has painstakingly carved out a position that would bring Britain and the EU a little closer to support the economy without alienating Leave voters, is in a position where Labor won in the election. A victory would mean it would likely face continued pressure to leave the EU. I am currently proposing it.
Some of the headaches of recent days and weeks are indicative of some of the problems Starmer may inherit.
Puffin Palava
The UK and the EU are currently in talks to resolve the dispute over Westminster’s decision to ban sandeel fishing in the North Sea to protect a key food source for endangered puffins and other UK seabirds. ”, meaning they are engaged in negotiations.
Following agitation from angry European fishermen, the EU opted to open dispute proceedings for the first time over the ban under the Withdrawal Agreement.
With ministers unlikely to budge, the dispute could go to arbitration, which could end up imposing punitive tariffs on Britain if the ruling goes against the government.
While the process could last for months or even years, it has become a cause for Brexiteers and highlights the dilemma Mr Starmer will face over whether to depart from Brussels rules. ing.
A government source said: “We are able to take these steps thanks to Brexit and are using the freedom of leaving the EU to ensure space for nature to recover across marine habitats.”
Immigration to the island of Ireland
Mr Sunak’s Windsor Framework poses a major headache for his other flagship policy, the Rwandan deportation plan, after the High Court of Northern Ireland ruled that the government’s illegal immigration laws no longer apply to the state due to the Brexit deal. is bringing about.
The deal keeps Northern Ireland semi-member, semi-exited from the EU and stipulates that human rights and safeguards in the state cannot be rolled back, with the judges ruling that the law was a perfect fit for asylum seekers. It was recognized that this was stipulated.
This means that asylum seekers arriving in small boats across the English Channel could theoretically avoid being sent to Rwanda by going to Northern Ireland.
Labor has pledged to repeal the Rwanda Plan and the law, which imposes deportation obligations on all asylum seekers, but Mr Starmer has warned that a huge number of asylum seekers live in Northern Ireland or live in Northern Ireland. It could inherit a situation where it is trying to use the Irish courts. The impact of the Westminster Act.
Meanwhile, the Republic of Ireland has threatened to send back asylum seekers who arrived via Northern Ireland to the UK, ostensibly to avoid deportation to Rwanda, accusing the Westminster government of breaking agreements to accept them. There is.
Mr Starmer will want good relations with Ireland, an EU member state, as his government attempts to ease trade relations between the UK and the EU.
border issue
Labor is working on a deal to harmonize animal and plant regulations with the EU to ease border checks on food and other goods, but this will take time and is unlikely to resolve all issues.
Starmer therefore also needs a more practical and more immediate solution to the border problem where fresh produce is held up for hours.
Just this past weekend, IT failures delayed trucks for more than 24 hours, leaving parcels of meat, cheese, fresh produce and flowers stranded in Kent and paperwork being processed manually.
Meanwhile, those who did not support Brexit are likely to bang the drum for closer alignment with EU rules to minimize trade barriers of this kind.
water trouble
New EU rules coming into force this summer will require new water bottles to have fixed caps, under new Brussels regulations to ensure the entire product is recycled together.
The UK does not have to follow this rule, but in practice manufacturers are likely to do so to ensure their bottles can be sold in both markets.
This means Mr Starmer is likely to face continued demands from Leave supporters to further separate the UK from the EU.
Nuclear fusion
financial times newspaper reported on Wednesday that the EU is rejecting Britain’s attempt to cooperate on the world’s largest nuclear fusion experiment, a globally significant clean energy project.
Government officials strongly denied claims that Brussels had asked Britain to rejoin the bloc’s nuclear research program, Euratom, as a condition of taking part in the test, known as Project Ita, and spoke of Britain’s involvement. It maintained that talks were ongoing.
But the issue highlights how the UK needs to continually negotiate its commitment to policies and programs that are only likely to work at the scale that the EU can deliver.