Brussels is laying responsibility for sorting out arrangements for the Irish border after Brexit solely on the UK government, new papers reportedly reveal.<\/b>
\nBrussels is laying responsibility for sorting out arrangements for the Irish border after Brexit solely on the UK government, new papers reportedly reveal.
EU says onus on UK to provide solutions to Irish border problem
The latest batch in a series of documents setting out the European Union’s negotiating position are expected to be released on Thursday but do \u00ab\u00a0not put forward solutions\u00a0\u00bb for resolving travel between the north and south of the island of Ireland after 2019.
Instead the papers say the onus to sort out the problem \u00ab\u00a0remains on the UK\u00a0\u00bb, according to documents seen by the Financial Times. \u00ab\u00a0The present paper does not put forward solutions for the Irish border, \u00a0\u00bb the papers state.
\u00ab\u00a0The onus to propose solutions which overcame the challenges created on the island of Ireland by the UK’s withdrawal and its decision to leave the customs union and the internal market remains on the UK.\u00a0\u00bb Brexit Secretary David Davis has insisted discussions with Brussels on border plans have been \u00ab\u00a0good\u00a0\u00bb but the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, said \u00ab\u00a0a lot more substantial work\u00a0\u00bb needs to be done.
The EU paper calls for \u00ab\u00a0unique solutions\u00a0\u00bb and floats the possibility of \u00ab\u00a0specific provisions\u00a0\u00bb being included in the exit agreement to address the fact the peace process was underpinned by common EU law. Among the draft documents are also demands for European delicacies like Parmesan cheese and Champagne to be given a protected status in British law after Brexit, according to the FT.
Intellectual property rights must not be \u00ab\u00a0undermined by the withdrawal of the UK from the EU\u00a0\u00bb, the papers state. To make safeguards for geographic food and drink specialities that have protections, such as parma ham, enforceable \u00ab\u00a0specific domestic legislation\u00a0\u00bb may be needed.
Mr Barnier is expected to be quizzed about the contents of the documents at a press conference in Brussels on Thursday afternoon.
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