Ireland must change law to ratify EU-Canada trade deal, court rules

Ireland’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday that parliament cannot ratify the European Union’s free trade deal with Canada unless laws are changed, posing a challenge to the coalition government if it wants to avoid the matter going to a referendum.

It has been provisionally in force since September 2017, and has so far been ratified by 16 of the 27 EU member countries, with Germany’s coalition agreeing in June to add its signature. However a member of the ruling coalition challenged it in the courts, arguing that the deal should be put to a referendum because its ratification may affect the ability to introduce regulation, particularly in relation to the environment.

The lawmaker who took the case, Patrick Costello, is a member of the junior coalition Green Party and the two larger governing parties would need the support of its smaller partner to pass legislation clearing the block on ratification.

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