Senate majority leader describes British legacy legislation on Northern Ireland as ‘wrong’
US Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer said he will warn UK PM Rishi Sunak there will be no trade deals with the US 'if there is any backsliding' on the Belfast Agreement. Photograph: Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesThe most powerful politician in the US Senate has backed Irish unity and greater immigration from Ireland to the United States, and set out his strong opposition to proposed British legislation aimed at dealing with legacy issues arising from the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Chuck Schumer, the US Senate majority leader, also said he will tell UK prime minster Rishi Sunak, as he had the former premier Boris Johnson, that there will be no trade deals with the United States “if there is any backsliding” on the Belfast Agreement. Mr Schumer described the accord as “a monumental achievement for American diplomacy” which had ushered in a period of peace in Northern Ireland and the possibility that had been dreamed of for centuries of equality and shared prosperity. He said he had recently met Sinn Féin’s Northern Ireland leader, Michelle O’Neill, after the party’s “historic win” in the last Stormont election.
“Can you imagine saying that 20 years ago? Can you imagine when the Ancient Order of Hibernians and so many were fighting tooth and nail simply to get a visa for Gerry Adams [to enter the United States] that Sinn Féin won the most votes of any party in [the] North of Ireland?”
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