Will vote against May's Brexit divorce deal in parliament: N. Irish DUP
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The Northern Irish party propping up British Prime Minister Theresa May's government will vote against her Brexit divorce deal in a key vote in parliament next week, according to one its lawmakers.
The Democratic Unionist Party are unhappy with the divorce deal's so-called backstop provision which will align Northern Ireland more closely with the European Union than the rest of the United Kingdom if no other way can be found to avoid a hard border with the Republic of Ireland.
"My party will be opposing this agreement as put forward on the basis that we believe it has left Northern Ireland in a constitutionally vulnerable position irrespective of the assurances that we have been given," Paul Girvan told parliament in a debate on the deal.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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