Privileged access claims under NI Protocol

1 release from 1 party, 10 January 2024.

Each party’s website press releases, in order of publication

1. The claims of ‘privileged access’ to EU market under the Protocol don’t stand up to scrutiny

   • TUV
   • 10 January 2024
   • Criticism
   • Criticises another northern ireland political party or its representatives

   TUV leader Jim Allister says the notion of ‘privileged access’ to the EU market under the Northern Ireland Protocol is unfounded, citing House of Commons data that GB sold £187.8bn of goods to the EU in 2022 and that NI’s exports are £5.9bn, and noting UK‑EU trade has risen since Brexit.

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Parties with no matching press release found on their website

• Alliance: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• DUP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• Sinn Féin: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• UUP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• SDLP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• Green Party: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• PBP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.
• Aontú: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (could not be checked), so a statement may have been missed.

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