NI election 2022: DUP blocks new NI government in Brexit protest
Source: BBC
NI election 2022: DUP blocks new NI government in Brexit protest
By Chris Andrews
BBC News NI
9 May 2022
The DUP will not go back into government in Northern Ireland until its concerns about post-Brexit trading arrangements are resolved, the party's leader has said.
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson was among the party leaders to meet with NI Secretary Brandon Lewis in Belfast on Monday.
Thursday's historic election saw Sinn Féin become Stormont's largest party.
Would-be first minister Michelle O'Neill said there could be no attempt by the DUP to "punish the public".
Ms O'Neill and Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald held talks with Mr Lewis, who also met with the leaders of the Alliance Party, Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).
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