Brussels has urged Westminster to throw out the “illegal” attempt by Boris Johnson to unilaterally rewrite the post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland, as the EU launched fresh legal action against the UK.
Maroš Šefčovič, the EU’s Brexit commissioner, said he expected parliament to make the case for negotiation over conflict, as he relaunched a frozen case for past breaches of the Brexit deal and started two new claims over undelivered treaty obligations.
