As the British government indicates it is preparing to deviate from the Northern Ireland Protocol – a key part of the Brexit deal – the European Commissioner overseeing EU-UK relations tells FRANCE 24 he is "appealing to the UK government to come back to the negotiating table". Maros Sefcovic spoke to our Europe editor Catherine Nicholson.
Sefcovic rejects a suggestion from the UK that the EU side is not showing enough flexibility over the Northern Ireland Protocol: "I totally don't accept that statement because we have been the forthcoming party and we have been bringing solutions to the table for more than a year (...) Unfortunately until today we did not get the proper access to the data and the forthcoming attitude from the UK where they would meet us halfway."
