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He said many MPs privately agree that the UK should have a closer trading relationship with the EU but are too scared to say so.
‘This is illegal’: EU launches legal action against Boris Johnson for breaking international law
15/06/2022
Brussels has announced it is taking legal action against the UK government after Boris Johnson pushed ahead with plans to overwrite parts of the Brexit agreement.
NI Minister of Agriculture should publish legal advice, says manufacturing body.
Supplies of half of all veterinary drugs at risk due to restrictions on importing medicines from Britain.
The EU's ambassador to the U.K. on Sunday conceded there was little trust between the two sides ahead of a meeting this week to discuss contentious trade barriers with Northern Ireland.
Why would anyone trust Brexit Britain again?
24/07/2021
Just seven months after singing its praises, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is attempting to rewrite the Brexit deal he signed with the European Union.
So what is the ECJ, what is its role in the protocol and what are the possible alternatives?
EU Commission rejects UK’s new legislation and launches legal action against Britain.
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator has warned that Brussels will not give in to threats and blackmail, as the furious row over the Northern Irish border took a step closer towards a trade war.
Richard Neal condemns decision to extend grace period for customs checks between NI and Britain.
European affairs minister says British government out of step with preserving peace with protocol threats.
UK ‘playing a very dangerous game’ by inflaming tensions over Brexit, warns EU commissioner Mairead McGuinness
05/06/2021
In an exclusive interview, Ireland’s EU commissioner Mairead McGuinness told the Irish Independent the UK was “playing a very dangerous game” by inflaming tensions in the North.
Michael Gove asks for extension until 2023
The European Union (EU) has confirmed it is holding back the UK’s access to the £81bn ‘Horizon Europe’ programme as a response to Boris Johnson’s plans to tear up the Northern Ireland protocol.
The UK Government is understood to have told Brussels it will continue with the grace periods relating to the Northern Ireland Protocol.
UK refuses to scrap plan for treaty breach
11/09/2020
The European Union has told Britain it should urgently scrap a plan to break their divorce treaty, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government refused and pressed ahead with a draft law that could sink four years of Brexit talks.
Responsbility to ‘implement’ Northern Ireland Protocol, says Annalena Baerbock ahead of meeting with foreign secretary James Cleverly
UK PM Boris Johnson rips up Brexit Protocol
15/06/2022
Legislation has been published by the British government this evening which overrides the post-Brexit trade arrangements for Ireland and severely breaches both the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement and international law.
Simon Coveney says new legislation will break international law and damage relations between UK and EU.
The UK's Europe minister called on the European Union to reopen British access to EU scientific programmes on Monday.
Britain has asked for an extension until 2023 of a grace period on checks that would be conducted on trade moving between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom to soften the Brexit impact on the province, the BBC reported.
UK announces plan to kill off Northern Ireland Brexit protocol, outrage and disbelief across EU capitals
17/05/2022
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss just announced the Government’s intention to introduce legislation “in the coming weeks to make changes in the [Northern Ireland] protocol”.
European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic said a compromise can still be found.