The European Commission and the UK government held a meeting on Monday 21 February with mixed results on resolving implementation issues of the Northern Ireland Protocol or the withdrawal agreement, with Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič saying that the ninth meeting of the Joint Committee did not achieve a “breakthrough” or mark a “turning point” in the talks.
The Vice President and UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss discussed both the Northern Ireland Protocol and the...