NEW: The European Commission has said it is “fully committed” to the Good Friday Agreement and to the proper implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
2/ Asked for its response to the legal action supported by the main NI unionist parties and a number of British politicians against the Protocol, on the basis that it contravenes both the 1800 Act of Union and the Good Friday Agreement...
3/ ... European Commission spokesman Dan Ferrie said the Protocol was about “protecting the gains of the peace process, protecting and maintaining stability, avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland...
4/ ...and, importantly, minimising the impact of Brexit on the everyday lives of communities North and South of the border.”
5/ Ferrie referred to the joint statement by the co-chairs of the EU UK Joint Committee, Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic and UK Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove, on February 11...
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6/ ...in which they committed to “spare no effort” to implement the flexibilities agreed by both sides on how the Protocol should apply in Northern Ireland on December 17.
7/ He also referred to round table meetings Mr Sefcovic held last week with Northern Ireland business groups and civil society, “all of which showed quite constructive, solution-driven discussions and outcomes.”
8/ Mr Ferrie added a “constructive” and “solutions driven” attitude would be brought to a meeting of the technical level EU UK Specialised Committee tomorrow, and the Joint Committee on Wednesday.
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