European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen will meet British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London tomorrow to discuss changes on the post-Brexit Northern Ireland protocol, they said in a joint statement.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION CHIEF Ursula von der Leyen will meet British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London tomorrow to discuss changes on the post-Brexit Northern Ireland protocol, they said in a joint statement.
Eastwood said that any resolution to the discussions must secure the benefits of dual market access for businesses in Northern Ireland.Earlier Tánaiste Micheál Martin said the EU and UK both want to get a resolution on the Northern Ireland Protocol “over the line”. “I’m always very wary of speculating in respect of timelines but I do know that the will is there on everybody’s behalf now to get this over the line in a quicker timeline,” he said.
“We want to make sure all the pieces are in place. I think, hopefully, there will be good news in a matter of days, not weeks,” he said. The European Court of Justice’s role in Northern Ireland under the Protocol has become a point of contention in the negotiations, with unionists and Westminster eurosceptics wanting to be free of its influence.
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