BRUSSELS, Sept 8 — The European Union and Britain must resolve problems over Northern Ireland trading using the protocol agreed between them, the EU’s Brexit coordinator said today, rejecting a British demand to renegotiate it.
“Let’s focus on the concrete problem. Let’s not try to renegotiate the protocol. This is definitely not our aim and I believe that we can find the good solution to the outstanding issues,” Sefcovic told a news conference. He said he aimed to establish from politicians, business people and civil society what concrete problems Brexit had caused and believed there was enough creativity and goodwill to resolve them.