The moves are part of an intensification of the DUP’s campaign of opposition to post-Brexit arrangements that have created trading barriers between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
He accused the administration in Dublin of only advocating for the nationalist side of the community in Northern Ireland and ignoring the concerns unionists have over the imposition of Irish Sea trade barriers under the terms of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.
"The saddest thing of all for Edwin Poots is that he’s not even a record-breaker: Diane James was leader of UKIP for 18 days in 2016," one person said.
DUP leader Edwin Poots accused the EU of doing “demonstrable harm to every individual in Northern Ireland”.
Edwin Poots will replace Arlene Foster as leader of the DUP in the coming weeks.
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Mrs Foster described the recent scenes of violence on the streets of Northern Ireland as being part of that impact, “because people feel that they are being treated differently from the rest of the United Kingdom”.