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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Henley, Europe correspondent

‘A new page’: European newspapers hail Northern Ireland deal

Rishi Sunak and Ursula von der Leyen shaking hands
Sunak ‘seems to have achieved a historic success’, said Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/AFP/Getty Images

Continental media have welcomed the deal settling the EU’s bitter post-Brexit dispute with the UK over Northern Ireland, hoping it may herald a new “adult relationship” that had been unthinkable while the “untrustworthy” Boris Johnson was in Downing Street.

In France, where the president, Emmanuel Macron, hailed “an important decision” that would “preserve the Good Friday agreement and protect our European internal market”, Le Monde called the Windsor framework a significant breakthrough.

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