LONDON — Rishi Sunak and Ursula von der Leyen will meet in the U.K. on Monday, as expectation builds for an imminent announcement on a post-Brexit settlement for Northern Ireland.
The pair “agreed to continue their work in person towards shared, practical solutions for the range of complex challenges around the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland,” the British prime minister and European Commission president said in a joint statement on Sunday.
The meeting indicates the pair are on the cusp of unveiling an agreement to ease trade flows between Britain and Northern Ireland and put to rest the biggest hangover of Brexit three years after Britain left the EU. Sunak and von der Leyen are aiming to announce a formal deal after their meeting on Monday, according to officials familiar with the plan in both London and Brussels.
