What are the historic reforms in Northern Ireland?

Northern Ireland has undergone many historic reforms since 1920, when six counties in Ulster Province formed Northern Ireland.

(1) comes from the autonomy of love. 192 1 year, after the Irish War of Independence, according to the Anglo-Irish Treaty, Northern Ireland could decide whether to stay in the Irish Free State within one month after the signing of the Treaty. The Northern Ireland Parliament chose to leave the Irish Free State and gain autonomy, but stayed in Britain.

(2) Abolish autonomy. After 1960, most northern Irish people want to stay in Britain, and a decisive minority want to join the Republic of Ireland. The two factions fought and even armed, and 1972 Northern Ireland's autonomy was cancelled.

(3) restore autonomy. After the abolition of Northern Ireland's autonomy, the armed struggle between the two factions intensified. 1998 After the signing of the Northern Ireland Peace Agreement, the British Labor Party government agreed to form a local self-government in Northern Ireland.

(4) the second cancellation of autonomy. On June 65438+1October 65438+April 2002, the British government announced that it would suspend the operation of local self-government in Northern Ireland and return the control of Northern Ireland to the central government.

(5) Restore autonomy for the second time. On May 8, 2007, after democratic unionist party reached an agreement with Sinn Fein, the coalition government composed of four parties was sworn in, which meant that Northern Ireland officially resumed decentralized self-government.