Live and Local Podcast - Supporting Live Local Music On The Isle Of Wight Brexit: UK calls for 'significant changes' to Northern Ireland Protocol - but EU says no to renegotiation The European Commission has said it "will not agree to a renegotiation" of the Northern Ireland Protocol after the UK government demanded that "significant changes" be made. EU Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic said the bloc are "ready to continue to seek creative solutions within the framework of the protocol" but will not reopen negotiations of the entire mechanism. His comments came as Brexit minister Lord Frost said that the UK and the EU "cannot go on as we are" with the current Northern Ireland Protocol arrangements.