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Poots: European Union treating NI as a political plaything
Poots: European Union treating NI as a political plaything
Mr Poots claimed the EU was damaging the NI peace process.
The European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic, firmly rejected that suggestion.
Speaking on the Marr programme on BBC One, Mr Poots said the current EU commissioners did not seem to care about the peace process.
He said he shared the fear of his predecessor Arlene Foster that anger over the NI protocol could lead to violence on the streets this summer.
He said: "I don't want to use a threat of violence in terms of this.
"Our arguments are very clear, they are very coherent.
"This is the European Union seeking to punish the UK and, as a consequence, Northern Ireland is being used as a plaything.
"I can assure you, Northern Ireland should be nobody's plaything."
Poots: European Union treating NI as a political plaything