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EU 'will not renegotiate' Irish protocol
By EUobserver
EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has rejected calls by the UK to re-negotiate the Northern Irish protocol, which created a customs border in the Irish Sea between Northern Ireland and mainland Britain. "The EU will continue to be creative and flexible within the protocol framework. But we will not renegotiate," she told UK prime minister Boris Johnson, in a telephone call on Thursday.