{"id":226728,"date":"2025-06-30T13:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T13:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/226728\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T13:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T13:39:09","slug":"fury-as-eu-set-to-impose-new-rule-on-uk-in-hours-constitutional-outrage-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/226728\/","title":{"rendered":"Fury as EU set to impose new rule on UK in hours \u2013 ‘constitutional outrage’ | World | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

New European Union regulations dubbed a \u201cconstitutional outrage\u201d are to be imposed on the UK in a matter of hours. From Tuesday, the first stage of a three-part package of food labelling laws<\/a> will be enforced under the Marking of Retail Goods Regulations.<\/p>\n

Under these rules, products moving from Britain to Northern Ireland must carry a \u201cnot for EU\u201d label \u2013 a measure in place in Northern Ireland since 2023<\/a> in a more limited form. However, the latest update extends sweeping new enforcement powers to UK ministers, effectively allowing them to apply \u201cnot for EU\u201d labelling requirements across the whole of Great Britain if deemed necessary. A wide range of everyday products could fall under this rule, including pre-packed fruit and vegetables, bagged herbs, fish and seafood such as cod, salmon, scampi and tuna, dairy-based desserts like trifles and ice cream, and meaty meals such as lasagne, pork pies, Scotch eggs and pizzas.<\/p>\n

Other items on the potential list include sauces, guacamole, chilled drinks like milkshakes, baby food, high-risk products including rice, peanuts, tea, and even complete meal kits.<\/p>\n

Under the Government\u2019s new powers, if a minister judges that Britain-based suppliers might pull their products from Northern Ireland to avoid these labelling rules, they can place affected products on a \u201cwatchlist\u201d, forcing all GB manufacturers of those goods to adopt \u201cnot for EU\u201d labelling.<\/p>\n

According to the official explanatory memorandum, these expanded powers are designed to deter disruption in supply chains and to protect Northern Ireland\u2019s access to goods, maintaining the UK\u2019s obligations under the Windsor Framework.<\/p>\n

Ministers argue that the threat of extending the labelling nationwide creates a \u201ccredible threat of enforcement\u201d to stop suppliers from boycotting the Northern Irish market altogether.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, critics have branded the measure a surrender of British sovereignty. Jim Allister, leader of the Traditional Unionist Voice party, called the move a \u201cconstitutional outrage\u201d, adding: \u201cIf enforcing foreign laws inside Britain, by British hands, isn\u2019t a constitutional outrage, then what on Earth was Brexit<\/a> for?\u201d<\/p>\n

Reform UK\u2019s deputy leader Richard Tice<\/a> also condemned the change. \u201cWe left the EU to restore our sovereignty and forge competitive trade deals on our own terms,\u201d he said. \u201cUnfortunately, the EU deal showed that this Government is too often willing to compromise British sovereignty to appease foreign interests.\u201d<\/p>\n

Manufacturers are also worried about the practical impact. In effect, if a product is regulated and placed on the British market, it must carry a \u201cnot for EU\u201d label, even if it is also exported abroad.<\/p>\n

Industry groups warn that businesses could be forced to run two separate packaging lines \u2013 one marked \u201cnot for EU\u201d for UK domestic sales, and one without for EU and international customers, adding significant costs and complexity.<\/p>\n

The complaints also come from social media, where shoppers and retailers alike voice anger at the rules. One user on X wrote: \u201cNext week sees the final phase of the Windsor Framework come into effect, adding yet another layer of unnecessary costs and red tape for food retailers like M&S.<\/p>\n

“Quite frankly, it\u2019s bureaucratic madness, confusing for customers, and completely unnecessary given the UK has some of the highest food standards in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New European Union regulations dubbed a \u201cconstitutional outrage\u201d are to be imposed on the UK in a matter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[51,35713,1699,89334,21508,16,83529,15,23146],"class_list":{"0":"post-226728","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-eu-regulations","10":"tag-european-union","11":"tag-food-labelling-laws","12":"tag-food-prices","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-uk-sovereignty","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-windsor-framework"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114772598261577401","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}