EU under growing criticism despite U-turn on Northern Ireland vaccine controls

(Owen Humphreys/PA)

Criticism of the European Union is mounting after its short-lived move to override part of the Brexit deal on Northern Ireland over export controls on coronavirus vaccines.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was urged by the region’s First Minister Arlene Foster on Saturday to replace the Northern Ireland Protocol after Brussels invoked a clause to prevent shipments of jabs entering the UK, in an “incredible act of hostility”.