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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12767

23 July 2021
EXTERNAL ACTION / United kingdom
Ursula von der Leyen rejects Boris Johnson’s request to renegotiate Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland
Brussels, 22/07/2021 (Agence Europe)

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday 22 July that the EU will continue to be “creative and flexible” on the implementation of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, but “we will not renegotiate”.

The President was called on 22 July by Boris Johnson, who asked the EU to agree to “amend the Protocol” and to “look seriously” at proposals made by the UK government to do so, according to a UK government...

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