Germany’s new ruling coalition has made protecting the Good Friday Agreement part of its programme for government.
Olaf Scholz’s new “Traffic Light” coalition agreed a deal yesterday — bringing the curtain down on a decade and a half with Angela Merkel in power.
The document says “non-compliance” with the “agreed standards and procedures” of the Brexit withdrawal deal must be met by “countermeasures”.
Foreign Affairs minister Simon Coveney says Ireland is the state arguing for the compromises in the EU:
