After outcry, EU reverses plan to restrict vaccine exports through Irish border
ANDY BRUCE, KATE HOLTON and MARINE STRAUSS THE European Union has abruptly reversed a plan to use emergency Brexit measures to restrict exports of COVID-19 vaccines from crossing the Irish border into the United Kingdom after it sent shockwaves through Northern Ireland, London and Dublin. In a steep escalation of the EU's fight to secure vaccine supplies, Brussels had said it would trigger clauses in the Northern Irish Protocol to prevent the vaccines from moving across the open border between EU-member Ireland and the British-run province. Following an outcry in London, Belfast and Dublin, the EU published a statement just…