DUP urges Theresa May to return to EU and demand Northern Ireland backstop changes
The DUP has urged the UK Government to return to Brussels to demand changes that would make the backstop acceptable to Parliament.Mr Dodds said his party had "consistently and repeatedly" made it clear it will not support the deal until the construction of the contentious backstop protocol is changed.
"In those circumstances, there is the strong possibility that we could have a long-term outcome whereby Northern Ireland would inevitably pull away from its biggest trading market in Great Britain as there would be new internal barriers within the United Kingdom." The DUP believes binding Northern Ireland to single market rules would create a regulatory border between the region and the rest of the UK - a move, it contends, that would undermine the constitutional integrity of the Union.The Prime Minister secured a number of legal add-ons to the agreement from the EU - documents the Government insisted provided assurances around the temporary nature of the measure and over potential routes to exit it.
He added: "For our part, we will continue to use our position and influence within Parliament and with the Government to strongly argue the case for Northern Ireland and to work through each of the legislative stages in Parliament to eliminate the risk of Northern Ireland and its place within the internal market in the UK.
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