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Politically, red lanes should only be allowed to operate once the data solution works - and given the lack of success over the past years, I am not sure today marks the last round of Northern Ireland Protocol discussions. /end

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Treating goods bound for NI and to Ireland differently in NI ports invites circumvention. Who can effectively control that goods passing into Ireland actually went through red lanes before? The integrity of the internal market is at risk. 5/

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Political agreement is good, but not if the compromise is built on shaky foundations. We are bound for another round of negotiation of the same issues down the road if “green” lanes turn out to be technically unfeasible. 4/

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The EU itself does not have comprehensive, functioning real- time data sharing yet - and customs reform has been discussed for the past 20 years. The EU is preparing yet another revision of its own customs code precisely because it does not have real-time data sharing. 3/

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The red/green lane idea rests on the assumptions that real-time data sharing will solve all problems. But: such data-driven solutions have been promised for a long time - and they hardly even work in today’s EU customs system. 2/

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@EU_Commission and @UKGovTweets agreed on a solution for Northern Ireland. The idea sounds good, but the solutions risk continued political battles due to technical feasibility issues with the customs protocols. A🧵 1/

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RT @ruppe_p: Our for our book with Nomos includes Thorsten Käseberg & Sophie Gappa, @PhilboBaggins & Alex Kirk, @Andreas_Schwab (Mr. Competition!), @b_herbers, Silke Heinz, Anna Wolf-Posch, Daniela Seeliger, Florian Huerkamp & Marcel Nuys and Ruediger Lahme & Andreas Ruster. 💪

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Nice reading “agreement”, but 1️⃣ technically 🇮🇪 and NI shouldn’t be treated separately (Good Friday Agreement 1998) + 2️⃣ it gives incentives misuse “green lanes” - no digital customs/real time data sharing exists so far) ⁦@EPPGroup⁩ ⁦@EP_SingleMarket

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RT @oandriychuk1: I had a great opportunity to discuss the development of EU digital competition law with MEP @Andreas_Schwab, one of the main designers of the new EU regulatory agenda for digital markets, the Rapporteur at the @europarl_en @EP_Economics
▶️ NEW VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=UAlkdvgvFl

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@EPPGroup wants to strengthen of European industry by creating the right framework in the @EP_SingleMarket for the transformation for carbon-neutrality @EP_SingleMarket is not the solution.

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Trade agreements are key for in times of globalisation - a mistake that the left has blocked this in todays @europarl_en resolution @EPPGroup @CHansenEU @EP_SingleMarket @MEP_Ehler

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RT @NorwayEU: Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence in the 🇳🇴@Stortinget is in today for the 38th inter-parliamentary meeting in @europarl_en.

On the agenda:
✅ The war in Ukraine 🇺🇦
✅European Space
✅🇳🇴-🇪🇺 energy cooperation
✅Schengen borders code

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