Bloc says it will not renegotiate agreement and threatens to take ministers to court for ‘damaging’ unilateral action.

The British government has chosen unilaterally to break the protocol, which it signed two years ago – but Europe stands by it.

German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock says talks need to avoid opening ‘old wounds’.

The U.K. government has pushed ahead with controversial plans to unilaterally override post-Brexit trade rules, ratcheting up the risk of a trade war as the European Union prepares to take retaliatory legal action.

The British government has been warned that there is "no legal or political justification" for unilateral action on the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Responsbility to ‘implement’ Northern Ireland Protocol, says Annalena Baerbock ahead of meeting with foreign secretary James Cleverly

‘No justification’ for bid to ditch NI protocol, Ireland and Germany warn Johnson.

Foreign secretary James Cleverly says protocol talks moving ‘pretty fast’ after meeting German counterpart.