We are in a difficult place in Northern Ireland, says the EU Commissioner

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FILE PHOTO: Mairead McGuinness, EU Commissioner for Financial Services, Stability and Capital Markets, speaks at a press conference on fostering the openness, strength and resilience of the European economic and financial system in Brussels · les, Belgium, on January 19, 2021 at the headquarters of the European Union. Kenzo Tribouillard / Pool via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) – Northern Ireland is in a difficult situation as it deals with the aftermath of Brexit and Britain and the European Union must reduce tensions and find solutions as equal partners, the commissioner said on Sunday. the EU, Mairead McGuinness.

Political tensions have risen in Northern Ireland, and the pro-British unionist community is dissatisfied with the new barriers to trade with the rest of the UK that have emerged since Brexit came into full force on 1 January.

“We are in a difficult place, but we are equal partners and we will have to sit, hopefully, as you suggest, lower the temperature and find solutions so that businesses have no borders, Northern Ireland entrepreneurs want a solution.” McGuinness said in an interview with the BBC.

Reports by Estelle Shirbon; Edited by Catherine Evans

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