China News Service, May 25. According to Reuters, on the 25th local time, European Commission President Von der Lein stated that the tension between the EU and the United Kingdom was not due to problems with the Northern Ireland Protocol agreed between the two parties, but the source. In Brexit itself.
President of the European Commission von der Lein
According to reports, after the first day of the EU summit in Brussels, Von der Lein said at a press conference that all 27 EU member states believed that there was no choice but to implement the protocol in a comprehensive and correct manner.
Von der Lein said: "It is important to reiterate that the protocol is the only possible solution to ensure peace and stability in Northern Ireland while protecting the integrity of the EU single market."
Von der Lein said, "If we see problems today, we must not forget that these problems do not stem from the protocol, but from Brexit. This is the cause of the problem."