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European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic said 'let's call the spade a spade, this is illegal' after the UK said it would scrap parts of the Brexit agreement Boris Johnson signed

Commission says there is ‘no legal nor political justification whatsoever’ for UK approach

The European Commission is expected to announce plans for legal action after the UK set out its intention to override the Northern Ireland Protocol.

The Prime Minister has downplayed the changes in the bill, which has been criticised for tearing up parts of the Brexit agreement, as ‘no big deal’.

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss unveiled on Monday plans to override some post-Brexit rules for Northern Ireland on the grounds that they create unacceptable barriers with the rest of the UK. But Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government was warned about such problems after striking his very own 2019 Brexit deal,…

The European Union has threatened legal action against Britain after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government published plans to override a treaty governing the post-Brexit status of Northern Ireland.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss’s plans to legislate to rip up parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol have been met with outrage in Brussels and Dublin.

The European Commission has accused the UK of undermining the trust needed for effective operation of its post-Brexit trade deal.

The United Kingdom unveiled legislation to override parts of the Brexit deal it signed with the European Union, risking a trade war with the bloc, which threatened to take legal action.

BORIS Johnson’s bill to overhaul the Northern Ireland Protocol has been published as he looks to give ministers the power to unilaterally ditch…

Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said the plan would “ratchet up” tension and breach the UK’s international commitments.