DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said he does not want to wait another year for a deal that will allow his party to return to Stormont.
The DUP is talking to Labour but leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson insists he is focussed on securing a deal with the current Government to allow his party to return to the Stormont Assembly
Sir Jeffrey said the Northern Ireland Protocol must be replaced with arrangements that “respect and protect” the region’s ability to trade within the UK and its internal market. “If Labour were to proceed on the basis they have spoken of, for the United Kingdom as a whole, that would help to ease many of the difficulties that we have in moving goods, particularly from Great Britain to Northern Ireland,” he told the BBC on Friday.“I don’t want to wait another year. If we can get this right now, if we can have measures that respect our economic rights as part of the United Kingdom, that restore our place in the UK internal market, why wouldn’t I take that now?” he said.
Asked if they are close to a deal, Sir Jeffrey declined to speculate on a timeline, saying: “Nothing is certain when it comes to negotiations of this nature but we have made progress.”
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