(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, SEPTEMBER 28 - "Today's meeting with the United Kingdom has shown the urgent need to move to a higher gear". Thus the vice president of the European Commission, Maros Sefcovic, at the end of the meeting of the mixed committee.
"There are points" on the Irish Borders Protocol, "where our positions are still a long way off, even though we have seen a more concrete and tangible commitment from the UK. We have agreed that due to time constraining the Special Committee on Protocol on Irish Borders will meet as soon as possible, preferably the first or second week of this month, to pave the way for another Joint Committee meeting, in mid-October, "explained Sefcovic. (HANDLE).