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Politico: EU Holds Back On Retaliation Package Against UK

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Hans von der Burchard at Politico tweets: "New — The European Commission is temporarily holding the fire on a retaliation package against Britain as it hopes for positive developments in Northern Ireland talks this week. The presentation of draft sanctions package to EU countries was previously announced for this week."

  • Commission VP Maros Sefcovic and UK Cabinet Office minister Lord Frost are due to meet in Brussels at the end of the week to discuss issues with the Northern Ireland protocol. EU hoping the UK steps back from invoking Art.16 of the protocol, which would disapply rules and risk major escalation in sanctions from EU.

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