Tony Blair Says He Has a Solution to Northern Ireland Standoff
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Tony Blair, Britain’s former prime minister and an architect of Northern Ireland’s Good Friday agreement, said he plans to propose a solution to the logjam that threatens the fragile peace in the region.
The U.K. has threatened to suspend parts of the so-called Northern Ireland Protocol, a core element in its agreement to split from the European Union, arguing that its implementation is causing significant harm to businesses and communities in the north. Yet doing so carries the risk of severe retaliation from the EU.