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Brexit: meeting between von der Leyen and Sunak on Monday in London

2023-02-26T22:57:31.729Z


Three years after Brexit, the Northern Irish protocol remains the main subject of tension between London and Brussels.


European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London on Monday to discuss changes to Northern Ireland's post-Brexit protocol, the two officials said in a joint statement.

The two leaders "

agreed to meet to continue their work in order to find practical and shared solutions to the complex challenges around the protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland

", according to this text.

The Northern Irish protocol is the main subject of tension between London and Brussels, three years after Brexit.

The meeting will take place in Berkshire, west of London, the European Commission said.

This town is a few miles from Windsor Castle, the royal residence of King Charles III of England.

The British media claimed that Rishi Sunak was considering the possibility of calling

any text modifying the application of the Northern Irish protocol the “

Windsor agreement ”.

A possible meeting with Charles III

Media also reported that von der Leyen was scheduled to meet with King Charles on the day of a possible agreement on protocol changes.

Ursula von der Leyen was originally due to travel to Britain on Saturday and meet King Charles III at Windsor Castle, but that trip had been cancelled.

This protocol negotiated at the same time as the Brexit treaty keeps Northern Ireland, which has the only British land border with the EU, in the single European market, while providing for customs controls between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.

London is asking the EU in particular to ease customs controls between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom, lambasted by Northern Irish unionists, who see it as a threat to the status of their province within the country. .

Source: lefigaro

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