Verdict by European Research Group follows decision on Monday by DUP to also oppose Windsor framework
The European Research Group of hardline Brexiter Conservative MPs has rejected Rishi Sunak’s revised plan for trading arrangements inAnnouncing the decision, Mark Francois, the Tory MP who chairs the group, said its study of the Windsor framework also found that the apparent veto for Northern Irish politicians over new EU regulations was “practically useless”.
The damning verdict increases the potential size of a Tory rebellion against the plan, and follows theA leading DUP MP, Sammy Wilson, said on Tuesday that his party would “continue the fight” against the plan, also indicating that it could continue its boycott of the Northern Ireland assembly at Stormont.spokesperson, was asked by Colum Eastwood, the leader of the moderate nationalist SDLP, when the DUP could return to Stormont.
The ERG remains influential, if not to the same extent as during the Brexit negotiations under Theresa May, and it is not clear how much its view will influence the vote. It does not publish any statistics about its membership.was unveiled last month by Sunak after talks with Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president. The vote on Wednesday will be on one part of the plan, the so-called Stormont brake veto.
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