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Johnson described Theresa May's Brexit plans as "weak and pathetic"
Boris Johnson's call to remove the security system in Northern Ireland has been termed "silly" and "incendiary".
The MP denounced Theresa May's plans for Brexit, accusing her of wrapping a suicide vest around the UK.
Sinn Féin said the comments showed that Northern Ireland was a "collateral damage" to inter-party fighting.
The SDLP said that Johnson "deliberately simplified" the Irish border issue. However, the DUP has welcomed the former secretary of foreign affairs.
The United Kingdom and the EU joined the principle of protection in December 2017, but no one can agree on what a legally binding text should look like.
The EU has proposed a security feature that would mean that NI would remain in the customs union, a large part of the single market and the EU VAT system.
But the UK government rejected it as a threat to the integrity of the UK and proposed a security package so that the UK as a whole remains aligned with the European Customs Union for a limited period after 2020.
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In his article for the Mail on Sunday, Johnson accused the EU of "harassing" the UK – but asked why the answer had been "so totally weak".
He said the reason was "simple", namely Northern Ireland and the "so-called backstop folly", and called for its deletion.
Mr Johnson said that agreeing on a backstop "is open to perpetual political blackmail" and gave Brussels the ability to "decipher the Union between Britain and Europe". Northern Ireland ".
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Both the UK and the EU have declared that they do not want to see an Irish border hard
Speaking to the BBC News, Sinn Féin MP Máirtin Ó Muilleoir said that Johnson's comments were "appalling" and that the language was "stupid and dangerous".
"Anyone who does not understand how fragile peace is and the progress we have made is fragile should not look at the news because for 600 days we could not form a local government here in this society remain," he said. -he declares.
Claire Hanna, SDLP spokesperson for Brexit, said that Johnson had "absolutely no respect for the people on this island".
"He is completely indifferent to the complexity of the problems here, deliberately simplifying things and implying that the border issue consists of marking a line and completely ignoring regulatory issues, as well as all political issues that plunge into peace and security. Good Friday. " Agreement."
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However, Sammy Wilson of DUP welcomed the contribution of the former Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
In a statement, the MP for East Antrim wanted Mr. Johnson to make the comments earlier and think the backstop needs to be rewritten.
"Those who scream the loudest are embarrassed by the truth of the impact of the EU's arrogant demands on the UK," Wilson said.
"Boris Johnson says nothing that the DUP has not said since drafting the withdrawal agreement in December 2017.
"The reason we stopped signing it in its original form was precisely for the reasons Boris Johnson described."
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Prime Minister Theresa May rejected the option of EU support
The UK is expected to leave the EU in just over six months.
During the summer, EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier repeatedly referred to the EU's desire to improve the security system.
But he gave no indication that there would be a significant movement on his substance.
Several of the proponents of staying in power in Northern Ireland are expected to travel to Brussels later this month to meet Mr Barnier about the impact of Brexit on Northern Ireland.
