European Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič again called on the United Kingdom to speed up the implementation of the withdrawal agreement and its protocol on Northern Ireland on Monday 28 September, so that it may enter into force on 1 January 2021.
The European official, after another face-to-face meeting with his British counterpart, Michael Gove, in the framework of the Joint Committee, also confirmed that the controversy on the British Internal Market Bill was not over.