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Full question: Based on your present experience of Brexit and the Protocol, do you agree/disagree with the following statements? The EU would be justified in taking retaliatory action, including potentially suspending the trade provisions of UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, if the UK unilaterally disapplied elements of the Protocol.

All questions relevant to this website that were asked on the same poll:

• How much do you agree/disagree with the statement that ‘Particular arrangements for Northern Ireland are necessary to manage the effects of Brexit’?
• How much do you agree/disagree that with the grace periods in effect, the Protocol provides an appropriate means for managing the effects of Brexit for Northern Ireland?
• How much do you agree/disagree with the statement: ‘Brexit is on balance a good thing for the United Kingdom’?
• How much do you agree/disagree with the statement that ‘The Protocol is on balance a good thing for Northern Ireland’?
• What is your assessment of the current impact of the Protocol on politics in Northern Ireland?
• What is your assessment of the current impact of the Protocol on the economy of Northern Ireland?
• What is your assessment of the current impact of the Protocol on Northern Ireland’s place in the UK internal market?
• What is your assessment of the current impact of the Protocol on Northern Ireland’s constitutional place in the UK?
• What is your assessment of the current impact of the Protocol on the Good Friday Agreement?
• What is your assessment of the current impact of the Protocol on North South cooperation on the island of Ireland?
• What is your assessment of the current impact of the Protocol on British Irish relations?
• What is your assessment of the current impact of the Protocol on UK-EU relations?
• What is your assessment of the current impact of the Protocol on ensuring no diminution of individual rights as set out in the Good Friday Agreement?
• To what extent do you trust/distrust the UK Government when it comes to managing the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the Protocol?
• To what extent do you trust/distrust the Northern Ireland Executive when it comes to managing the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the Protocol?
• To what extent do you trust/distrust the Irish Government when it comes to managing the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the Protocol?
• To what extent do you trust/distrust the European Commission/European Union when it comes to managing the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the Protocol?
• To what extent do you trust/distrust the Alliance Party when it comes to managing the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the Protocol?
• To what extent do you trust/distrust the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) when it comes to managing the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the Protocol?
• To what extent do you trust/distrust Sinn Féin when it comes to managing the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the Protocol?
• To what extent do you trust/distrust the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) when it comes to managing the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the Protocol?
• To what extent do you trust/distrust the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) when it comes to managing the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the Protocol?
• To what extent do you trust/distrust Northern Ireland Business Representatives when it comes to managing the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the Protocol?
• How would you like the MLAs for whom you vote in the 2022 Assembly election to vote in 2024 on the Protocol?
• If the UK and the EU agreed to a reduction on required checks and controls on goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, how would you like MLAs to vote in 2024 on the Protocol?
• On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is ‘not concerned at all’ and 10 is ‘highly concerned’, how concerned are you about the following aspect of the Protocol if it were to be fully implemented: ‘Vaccination and certification requirements for bringing pets into Northern Ireland from Great Britain?
• On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is ‘not concerned at all’ and 10 is ‘highly concerned’, how concerned are you about the following aspect of the Protocol if it were to be fully implemented: ‘Customs declarations for parcels being moved into Northern Ireland from Great Britain’?
• On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is ‘not concerned at all’ and 10 is ‘highly concerned’, how concerned are you about the following aspect of the Protocol if it were to be fully implemented: ‘Restrictions on plants and seeds being moved from Great Britain to Northern Ireland’?
• On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is ‘not concerned at all’ and 10 is ‘highly concerned’, how concerned are you about the following aspect of the Protocol if it were to be fully implemented: ‘Northern Ireland aligning with the EU’s standards on the production of goods’?
• On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is ‘not concerned at all’ and 10 is ‘highly concerned’, how concerned are you about the following aspect of the Protocol if it were to be fully implemented: ‘Restrictions on the movement of chilled meats (e.g. sausages) into Northern Ireland from Great Britain’?
• On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is ‘not concerned at all’ and 10 is ‘highly concerned’, how concerned are you about the following aspect of the Protocol if it were to be fully implemented: ‘Northern Ireland following some EU rules on subsidy control and state aid’?
• On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is ‘not concerned at all’ and 10 is ‘highly concerned’, how concerned are you about the following aspect of the Protocol if it were to be fully implemented: ‘Northern Ireland applying EU VAT and Excise rules on goods, although VAT rate remains set by the UK’?
• On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is ‘not concerned at all’ and 10 is ‘highly concerned’, how concerned are you about the following aspect of the Protocol if it were to be fully implemented: ‘The jurisdiction of the EU Court of Justice for disputes regarding provisions of EU law applicable under the protocol’?
• Based on your present experience of Brexit and the Protocol, do you agree/disagree with the following statement: ‘The Protocol provides Northern Ireland with a unique set of post-Brexit economic opportunities compared to the rest of the UK which if exploited could benefit Northern Ireland’?
• Based on your recent experience of Brexit and the Protocol, how much do you agree/disagree that the Protocol could be good for Northern Ireland in the longer term?
• Based on your present experience of Brexit and the Protocol, do you agree/disagree with the following statement: ‘The UK government would be justified in taking unilateral action to suspend elements of the Protocol’?
• Based on your present experience of Brexit and the Protocol, do you agree/disagree that the UK Government should grant its ministers discretionary powers to legislate in place of the Protocol without the need for prior parliamentary approval?
• Based on your present experience of Brexit and the Protocol, do you agree/disagree that the jurisdiction of the EU Court of Justice under the Protocol is a price worth paying for unhindered access to the EU’s single market for goods?
• Based on your present experience of Brexit and the Protocol, do you agree/disagree that ‘I would like to have the choice of purchasing goods in Northern Ireland that do not conform to EU standards’?
• Based on your present experience of Brexit and the Protocol, do you agree/disagree that the EU would be justified in taking retaliatory action, including potentially suspending the trade provisions of UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, if the UK unilaterally disapplied elements of the Protocol?
• Based on your present experience of Brexit and the Protocol, do you agree/disagree that a negotiated EU-UK settlement of outstanding issues regarding the implementation of the Protocol is preferable to the UK taking unilateral action?
• Based on your present experience of Brexit and the Protocol, do you agree/disagree that the Northern Ireland Executive should not be established until the Protocol is scrapped all together?
• Based on your present experience of Brexit and the Protocol, do you agree/disagree that the Northern Ireland Executive should be fully functioning regardless of what happens on the Protocol?