After several months of blockade, the British government took action and proposed to Parliament its own a bill calling into question the status of Northern Ireland after Brexit, at risk of retaliation from the EU, which considers the text illegal.

While the EU is threatening the British government with legal action, saying the initiative undermines "mutual trust", London says it can no longer wait because of the political paralysis caused by the Northern Ireland Protocol.

After first threatening to simply bypass the international agreement she negotiated and signed, the prime minister's government Boris Johnson decided to translate it into law and unilaterally amend it.

"We are very clear in the fact that we are acting legally," said Foreign Minister Liz Tras.

"If the law is passed, which could take months, it will end the intolerable situation for people in Northern Ireland who are treated differently from the rest of the UK, it will protect the supremacy of our courts and our territorial integrity," Tras said. defending it as - a "reasonable solution".

She reiterated that London remains open to a negotiated solution, but only if the EU accepts the change in the protocol.

The protocol aims to protect the European single market after Brexit without returning the physical border between the British province of Northern Ireland and the EU member country Ireland, which could jeopardize peace in the province.

To resolve the issue, the Boris Johnson government has accepted that Northern Ireland will de facto remain on the European market by establishing a customs border in the Irish Sea, with controls and documentation.

The protocol complicates procurement and terrifies the unionist community, which considers that the position of the province within the United Kingdom is endangered.

While the main unionist DUP party blocked the formation of a local government for several months, the government in London announced in mid-May that it wanted to pass the law.

In particular, the British government wants the goods circulating and remaining in the UK to pass through the "green channel", which frees it from administrative procedures. Goods to go to the EU would be subject to all checks and controls applied under European law.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his government's main commitment under the Good Friday Agreement, signed in 1998, was to end three decades of violence between unionists, mostly Protestants and Republicans, a Catholic majority, in which 3.500 people lost their lives.

European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic said the EU would propose solutions and expressed regret for the unilateral action that undermines mutual trust.