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The French president was accused of trying to sow division last night after he claimed part of the Brexit deal is a matter of ‘war and peace for Ireland’.
The integrity of the Northern Ireland Protocol was vital and it was ‘of existential importance for Europe not to compromise’ over it, Emmanuel Macron said.
The Protocol was negotiated to avoid a hard border with Ireland, by effectively keeping Northern Ireland in the EU’s single market for goods.
The French president was accused of trying to sow division last night after he claimed part of the Brexit deal is a matter of ‘war and peace for Ireland’
The integrity of the Northern Ireland Protocol was vital and it was ‘of existential importance for Europe not to compromise’ over it, Emmanuel Macron said
But unionists have been pressuring for it to be scrapped because of the trade barriers it has created on products crossing the Irish Sea from Great Britain.
Tensions over the situation led to sectarian violence in
