EU Commission calls on UK to ditch ideology over Northern Ireland protocol

Maroš Šefčovič says he is trying to iron out disruption to businesses caused by the protocol A senior European Commission figure has defended the Northern Ireland protocol, calling on the UK government to ditch ideology in favour of pragmatism in order to transform problems arising from the Brexit deal. Maroš Šefčovič said he was looking at “solutions” to iron out disruption to businesses caused by the protocol, a key part of the Brexit agreement designed to protect the bloc’s single market at its frontier with the UK on the island of Ireland, without a return to a hard border. Continue reading...
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