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Abbi Garton-Crosbie

Welsh FM and EU chiefs urge Boris Johnson to back down from Brexit deal threat

From left: Welsh FM Mark Drakeford, Tory leader Boris Johnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen

THE European Commission (EC) has urged the UK to “engage” over the Northern Ireland Protocol as the Welsh first minister hit out at Westminster plans to override the Brexit agreement.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is making a statement to MPs in the House of Commons on Tuesday over plans to bring forward legislation that would allow the UK Government to ignore parts of the protocol, which ensures Northern Ireland can remain in the EU single market and prevent a land border with Ireland.

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