A government spokesman said on Sunday evening in London that Truss will be responsible for Britain’s relationship with the EU with immediate effect. In this role, as chief negotiator, she is now taking on the ongoing talks with Brussels about special Brexit rules for Northern Ireland.
Frost had previously announced his resignation in a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The reason given was that he did not agree with the current direction of the Conservative Party. The most recent corona resolutions are said to have been the trigger. Tax increases and Johnson’s climate policy should not correspond to the ideas of the ex-minister.
In the negotiations with the EU – both on the Brexit trade pact last year and in the Northern Ireland talks – Frost was seen as a conservative hardliner. Truss was previously trade minister and had negotiated trade agreements with non-EU countries.
Source: Nachrichten
