The Latest Breaking News from Maros Sefcovic

Leaders from Europe to Australia have sent their congratulations to Boris Johnson’s successor.

The impasse over the post-Brexit arrangements governing trade in Northern Ireland is one of the big-ticket issues in the new PM’s in-tray.

Justice Committee chairman Sir Robert Neill criticised sweeping ministerial powers in the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill as he lodged amendments

The European Commission vice-president warned that Northern Ireland Protocol Bill had set back progress on the issue by two years.

European Commission vice-president says Brussels wants to get ‘Brexit done’ – while London refuses to talk about Northern Ireland

The European Commission is willing to negotiate trading arrangements for Northern Ireland with Britain, but only if talks are constructive and do not resume with an outcome already set by London, a top EU official said on Wednesday.

European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic branded Boris Johnson's plan to rip up his own Brexit deal 'illegal' and said the new Northern Ireland Protocol bill had set talks back 'two years'

Senior Conservatives and Labour believe the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill breaks international law and trashes the UK's reputation abroad - but Brexiteers threw their weight behind it

Boris Johnson plans to override contentious element of Brexit deal that he himself agreed just three years ago but EU and Tory MPs strongly opposed