Brexit: EU, urgent need to speed up negotiations

"Today's meeting with the UK showed the urgent need to move up a 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 border protocol, "where our positions are still a long way off, although we have seen a more concrete and tangible commitment from the UK. We have agreed that due to the tightening time the special committee on the protocol on the Irish borders will meet as soon as possible, preferably the first or second week of this month, to pave the way for another meeting of the Joint Committee, in mid-October ", explained Sefcovic.