Michel Barnier and Boris Johnson
(Picture: AP/PA)The EU’s former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has said Boris Johnson’s resignation “opens a new page in relations” between Brussels and the UK.
Tensions between the UK and the European Union have risen sharply since Mr Johnson pressed ahead with plans to rip up parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol - the part of the 2019 Brexit Treaty which avoided the need for a hard border on the island of Ireland but introduced trade checks on some goods moving between Great Britain and the region.
