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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
My reading of the (excellent) article was that the author was encouraging the Guvmin to toughen up on the EU now that the treaty has been ratified, particularly as regards invoking Article 16 of the NI Protocol because of deterioration in civil circumstances.
My underlying, and resentful feeling is that the EU is revelling in catching us out and can't wait to take us to court (as they're already doing due to the necessary extension of the NI grace period).
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Sure, the rules are there in the agreement to invoke articles such as Article 16. Article 16 of course does not suspend the agreement and needs to be time limited. As the agreement is not suspended upon invocation of Article 16, the other side can announce proportionate rebalancing measures after a month which could be fun...
Article 16 is designed to cover ‘economic, societal or environmental difficulties’ and the question would be what ‘economic, societal or environmental difficulties’ have occurred that could not have been foreseen before the agreement was put in place. If it's the general principles of the agreement as it is right now, then that surely is a failure to understand what was signed isn't it?
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Blog post from London School of Economics on why Article 16 might not be as helpful as angry Telegraph editors think it is -
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...-no-quick-fix/