Simon Coveney: EU-UK negotiations must move beyond ‘rancour’

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney (Brian Lawless/PA)

The Foreign Affairs Minister has said that he hopes new proposals on the Northern Ireland Protocol can take the EU and the UK beyond the “rancour” of the past week.

Simon Coveney was speaking as European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic prepares to unveil a series of measures on Wednesday evening aimed at addressing issues around customs paperwork and the movement of agri-food goods and medicines between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.