• Claims of a compromise on the role of the ECJ in the Northern Ireland Protocol rejected by officials.
• Two individuals with direct knowledge of the conversations have either vigorously refuted.
• A general deal still faces “challenges,” according to the UK and EU, who both told the Media.

New claims of a compromise agreement on the role of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the Northern Ireland Protocol have been rejected by officials in Brussels.

It stated that negotiators had agreed that the ECJ could only decide a case if it had been referred by Northern Ireland’s courts.

Two individuals with direct knowledge of the conversations have either vigorously refuted the allegation or dismissed it as London-based “kite-flying.”

A general deal still faces “challenges,” according to the UK and EU, who both told the Media.

Although discussions on various solutions, including products, are still ongoing, it is known that there are still wide gaps between the EU and UK stances.

A representative for the UK government stated that the country was now having “intense scoping talks” with the EU to address issues with the protocol.

There is no clear timetable for when a deal might be reached, but one official claimed that talks were in the metaphorical “tunnel.”

This phrase is used when negotiations are at a turning point and become more private since it is thought that a deal is close.

Ursual von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, claimed that negotiations between the EU and UK were quite successful.

“The protocol as always in negotiations – you know the principle that everything is only negotiated at the very end – when you know what the result is and you give a final signature,” she told the Media in Brussels.

“So I’m very sorry but I cannot give partial elements because you never know whether in the very end how the package looks like.”

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