The Windsor Framework: What it means for Northern Ireland
This Is Why
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🗓️ 27 February 2023
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
The prime minister met European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen – who also met King Charles - during her visit to the UK on Monday.
The Northern Ireland Protocol - negotiated during Brexit talks to allow goods to move without checks across the border with the Republic of Ireland – has been problematic for the DUP, who boycotted power sharing in Stormont last summer because they were unhappy with the arrangement.
On the Sky News Daily podcast, Niall Paterson is joined by our deputy political editor Sam Coates and Sky's senior Ireland correspondent David Blevins as we examine the deal itself and what it means for the prime minister, Northern Ireland and EU relations going forward.
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Charlie Bell – junior producer
Philly Beaumont – editor
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| 1:02.0 | This afternoon, I welcomed President von der Leyen to Windsor |
| 1:06.0 | to continue our discussions about the Northern Ireland Protocol. |
| 1:10.0 | I'm pleased to report that we have now made |
| 1:13.3 | a decisive breakthrough. Together, we have changed the original protocol and are today announcing |
| 1:21.0 | the new Windsor Framework. Today's agreement delivers smooth- trade within the whole United Kingdom, |
| 1:29.3 | protects Northern Ireland's place in our Union, and safeguards sovereignty for the people of Northern Ireland. |
| 1:37.3 | If Rishi Sunak sounds just a little pleased with himself, you know what, on this occasion it might actually be justified. |
| 1:45.0 | Because after four months of negotiation, |
| 1:47.0 | and almost seven years on from the country voting to leave the EU, |
| 1:51.0 | it appears, whispered, that Brexit just got done. |
| 1:55.0 | We knew it was not going to be easy. |
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