Maros Sefcovic gives a press conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels on June 15
(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)European chiefs have stepped up the war of words with the UK over Brexit, branding Britain’s move to rewrite the Northern Ireland Protocol as “illegal”.
Announcing the EU’s official response to the UK’s new Northern Ireland Bill, published on Monday, the European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic said the legislation had damaged trust and “cast a shadow” over UK-EU co-operation.
