Joe Biden supports EU position on Northern Ireland, says Von der Leyen
by Daniel Boffey in Brussels and Peter Walker from World news | The Guardian on (#5RR22)
Brussels chief says US president agrees Britain should not ditch post-Brexit protocol
Ursula von der Leyen has claimed that the EU's position on Northern Ireland has the support of the US president, as Brussels prepares a ladder" of retaliatory options up to and including the suspension of the UK trade deal over Boris Johnson's threats to ditch the current post-Brexit arrangements.
After a meeting at the White House, the European Commission president said Joe Biden was in agreement with the bloc that Johnson should not upend the tortuously negotiated Northern Ireland protocol.
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