Shefchovich: EU accuses Lord Frost of "political embarrassment".

European Commission Vice President Maros Shefchovich blames UK Secretary for Brexit, Lord David Frost, for "political pose." The protocol is an agreement between the EU and the UK to avoid hardening Ireland's land borders.

Mr. Shefchovich spoke on the Andrew Marr Show on Sunday. He said the message at the stakeholder meeting in Northern Ireland was to "focus on the top priorities and issues we need to address."

He said the four issues he heard frequently were shipping drugs, the need to reduce customs formalities, reducing controls on SPS (farm food), and finding ways to involve Northern Irish stakeholders in work better. "If we can find a way to solve this problem, we will pave the way for the protocol to run smoothly," he said.

"I feel that the people of Northern Ireland want us to work together to find a way to get the protocol going well and smoothly," he added. Lord Frost said the decision was that "Goods that we and the EU agree not to leave the NI should not be treated as if they were moving from one country to another because they are not at sea to protect the EU single market and avoid rigid borders.

Mr. Sefcovic said the keyword in Frost's article was "urgency." "Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one insisting on an urgent solution at our meetings," he told the program. We put forward a proposal to address the ongoing supply of NI drugs since June, and I remember Lord Frost telling me that it was not only the content that was important to him but also the process.

"I've been waiting to see if he can make that decision together, and I have to say it hasn't happened so far," he said. "If we're still in a political position and put a new problem on the table, I don't think we're going to solve the most pressing problem in Northern Ireland so we can act on our own to make sure the people of Northern Ireland have medicine." what they need," he added.