nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210320-031315-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210319s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210320-031315-0 doi eng 342 23 Lock, Tobias Author aut A Tricky Move EU legal action and the Northern Ireland Protocol Lock, Tobias Verfassungsblog 2021-03-19 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The European Commission’s decision to commence legal proceedings against the United Kingdom for unilaterally extending certain grace periods for the movement of goods in contravention to the Northern Ireland Protocol is legally sound, but politically tricky. In legal terms, the decision to launch both infringement proceedings and take first steps towards arbitration is the most promising avenue towards UK compliance with the Protocol. Yet it brings with it a political risk of further escalating the tensions around the Protocol within Northern Ireland and between the EU and the UK. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 brexit EU Commission Northern Ireland UK Withdrawal Agreement Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/a-tricky-move/ raw object