Netherlands, Brexit: the pain points and a striking winner - News Joost Derks

No separation is completely smooth and completely painless. In fact, in the case of Britain's departure from the European Union, it took more than three years of negotiations and mud-throwing to break up. Just before Christmas, both parties reached a trade agreement. But if you leaf through the British newspapers, you regularly read that the quickly concocted agreement is not perfect. A good example is the safety net in the Irish Sea. In order to prevent harmful animals, plants or other objects from entering mainland Ireland, the EU will soon be allowed to carry out unexpected checks on transport between the British mainland and Northern Ireland. It is painful for Great Britain to allow European inspectors to enter its own territory after Brexit. Northern Irish controls and Scottish crustaceans It gets even worse as those inspectors are allowed to examine anything from potted plants to processed meats and pets. Initially the intention was to draw up a small list of vulnerable ...