NI parties deadlocked over whether to extend Brexit transition period

Image: Niall Carson/PA Images Image: Niall Carson/PA Images A CALL TO extend the Brexit transition period to give businesses more time to deal with coronavirus has divided the Stormont executive.

Even if Mallon had secured a majority around the executive table at Monday’s meeting, the proposal would still have fallen if the DUP had voted against it, under cross-community voting rules. But the UK Government has insisted the transition period will end as scheduled at the end of the year. Foster, who said the executive’s private deliberations should not have been made public, stressed that an extension was a matter for the UK Government.“I believe something we need to focus on doing is making sure that we have the minimum amount of risk to the Northern Ireland economy, that’s certainly where my focus is at currently in terms of the Northern Ireland protocol, and I hope it’s where the focus of my colleagues is at as well.

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