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| UK to drop Internal Market Bill clauses after agreeing with EU ‘in principle on all issues in Withdrawal Agreement’ | UK to drop Internal Market Bill clauses after agreeing with EU ‘in principle on all issues in Withdrawal Agreement’ |
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| The UK and EU have agreed "in principle" on all the issues surrounding the post-Brexit protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland, while London has dropped controversial parts of legislation that saw Brussels launch legal action. | The UK and EU have agreed "in principle" on all the issues surrounding the post-Brexit protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland, while London has dropped controversial parts of legislation that saw Brussels launch legal action. |
| UK Cabinet Minister Michael Gove said he was “delighted” with the development, which he jointly announced with the European Commission’s Maros Sefcovic on Tuesday. | UK Cabinet Minister Michael Gove said he was “delighted” with the development, which he jointly announced with the European Commission’s Maros Sefcovic on Tuesday. |
| The two co-chairs of the EU-UK Joint Committee released a joint statement, explaining that they had come to an agreement over controls along Northern Ireland’s border with Ireland, the UK’s only land border with the EU. | The two co-chairs of the EU-UK Joint Committee released a joint statement, explaining that they had come to an agreement over controls along Northern Ireland’s border with Ireland, the UK’s only land border with the EU. |
| The two sides said they agreed in principle upon several areas, including border controls and checks on animals, plants, medicines and food supplies for supermarkets. | The two sides said they agreed in principle upon several areas, including border controls and checks on animals, plants, medicines and food supplies for supermarkets. |
| The EU and UK also reached other agreements on paper, including over goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain, agricultural and fish subsidies, and on a panel for dispute settlement. | |
| As part of the agreement, the UK government said it would drop three clauses of its Internal Market Bill, which would have allowed MPs to override specific areas of the Withdrawal Agreement with regards to Northern Ireland, including border arrangements and financial support. | |
| In October, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the EU would launch legal action against the UK government after it failed to remove clauses from the Internal Market Bill by the end of September deadline. | |
| Gove and Sefcovic’s joint statement added that the UK had promised not to introduce any controversial clauses like those in the Internal Market Bill into the Taxation Bill. | |
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