UK Parliament approves ‘Stormont brake’, tool to veto EU laws

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This British House of Commons Confirmed this Wednesday by An overwhelming majority, with 29 votes to 515, for the law that would make the ‘Stormont brake’ possible, Tool to enable the Northern Ireland Assembly to challenge future community laws.

The “brake” clause is part of the Windsor framework negotiated by British Prime Minister Conservative Rishi Sunak with the European Union (EU) to replace the problematic one. Northern Ireland Protocol It was adopted by Boris Johnson in 2019 as part of the Brexit deal.

The result of the vote shows the majority support the rule, although a small group of disaffected Conservatives voted against Johnson, along with his successor Liz Truss and the Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).

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