Lord Frost’s threat to the EU over the Northern Ireland Protocol

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Another proposal would end the role of the European Court of Justice in disputes relating to Northern Ireland, which continues to follow EU rules under the agreement.

However, Brussels has repeatedly indicated that it will not agree to large parts of the leadership paper, with Maros Sivkovic, Lord Frost’s EU counterpart, expected to come up with a series of less radical solutions in the coming days.

The block should be “ambitious”

In his keynote address, The Telegraph understands Lord Frost will say he is increasingly concerned that EU proposals to reform the protocol will not provide the “important change we need”.

He urged the bloc to be “ambitious”, and would go on to warn that “tampering around the parties is not enough” and that substantive renegotiation is the only way to help the two sides restore “friendly relations…on the basis of free trade.”

However, he will add on Monday: “But we cannot wait forever. Without an agreed solution soon, we will need to act, using the Article 16 safeguard mechanism, to address the impact of the Protocol on Northern Ireland.”

The cautionary snapshot in Brussels will be seen as confirmation that the UK is now preparing to trigger Article 16 before the end of the year, with prominent EU figures already preparing a raft of proposals to respond.

If London goes ahead with using the clause, one option is for Brussels to respond with legal action that could include imposing retaliatory duties on British imports.

In his speech, Lord Frost will also seek to defend the government’s record since Brexit, highlighting new free trade deals, a points-based immigration system and plans to reform data laws and scrap reams of retained EU law that are no longer valid for the UK. .

The British Renaissance has begun

Outlining the government’s desire for a “British Renaissance,” he would go on: “All history, all experience, shows that democratic countries with free economies, which allow people to keep more of the money they have earned, make them make their own decisions, manage their own lives. Not only richer, but also happier and more admired by others.

The long dream of EU membership is over. The British Renaissance has begun.”

This comes after Liz Truss on Sunday failed to mention the European Union when she raised the list of Britain’s important allies in her first address to the conference as foreign minister.

Sources close to Truss insisted on Sunday that she was not intentionally ignoring Brussels, but added that she firmly believes the UK needs to focus more on the Indo-Pacific and other fast-growing markets around the world.

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