The EU is considering British requests for adjustments to the Northern Ireland Protocol (see EUROPE B12650A18) to extend, among other things, the flexibilities temporarily provided for in the control of goods between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, but there will be no sweeping changes to the provisions of the protocol, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Thursday 4 February, quoted by Reuters.
The minister was speaking after the British government’s official request to extend...