Re: UK backing down on the NI protocol
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Talks following which either side can pull the plug thanks to Lord Frost's insistence.
But the EU used the first face-to-face meeting since lockdown between Lord Frost and the*European commission*vice-president, Maroš Šefčovič, to warn that the outcome needed to be jointly agreed.
There was “no space for unilateral action”, sefcovic said, adding the threat of legal action over the UK’s*decision last month*to delay some of the border checks in Northern Ireland would remain on the table for “as long as necessary”.
After Thursday night’s meeting both sides have indicated the desire for a solution based on the protocol, which the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) wants scrapped.
The EU also highlighted what appears to be a lack of detail in the roadmap the UK delivered to Brussels two weeks ago on implementation of the protocol.