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2021-02-23 22:05:53 GMT2021-02-24 06:05:53(Beijing Time) Xinhua English BRUSSELS. Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Britain has accepted a request by the European Union (EU) for extra time to ratify the post-Brexit trade agreement, European Commissioner for Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight Maros Sefcovic said on Tuesday. He said Britain agreed to extend the period of provisional application of the agreement until April 30 "to give the necessary time to complete our ratification procedure" in all of the bloc's 24 official languages. A deadline had originally been set for Feb. 28 for the Eur...

European Commission Vice President for Interinstitutional Relations Maroš Šefcovic has told the Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Union Affairs that an attempt to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol was a mistake, but it was corrected within three hours. He said Article 16 was invoked as the EU grappled with securing a supply of Covid-19 vaccines. Mr Šefcovic said the decision was made in the "intensity of the moment" as there were concerns that the EU was not getting its "fair share" of vaccines. He added the EU did not want to block the export of vaccines but wan...

The European Commission Vice President for Interinstitutional Relations has said his meeting with Michael Gove over the Northern Ireland Protocol was "very constructive", and that he hopes the personal relationship developed between them will allow them to find a solution to the issue.

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07/02/2021 15:29 Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Marcel Ciolacu will have a series of online meetings with European officials in the first half of next week, including Nicolas Schmit, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights and Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, informs a press release of the Social Democratic Party sent to AGERPRES on Sunday. According to the cited source, on Monday, there are meetings scheduled in the agenda, starting with 13:00 hrs, with Sergei Stanishev, president of the Party of European Socialists, and fr...