08/04/2021 (Agence Europe) – The European Commission condemned, on 8 April, the violence ongoing for several days in Northern Ireland. “No has anything to gain” from these actions and “we call on all those involved to refrain immediately from these violent acts”, commented the institution’s spokesperson, Eric Mamer. The British province has been plagued by violence partly because of Brexit and related supply difficulties, according to local media. The Northern Ireland Protocol, agreed in 2019, addresses the situation of Northern Ireland in both the Single Market and the UK market. The Commission had called for a number of improvements in the implementation of the Protocol and for a ‘roadmap’ from the UK government. It confirmed that it had received a working document from the UK which it is “currently evaluating”, according to the Commission’s spokesperson Daniel Ferrie. (SP)