Trust broken with the EU in row over Northern Ireland Protocol – Sefcovic

EU Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic said ‘London has breached a great deal of trust’ with Europe (Hollie Adams/PA)

“London has breached a great deal of trust” with Europe, the bloc’s chief negotiator has claimed.

European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic told German news website Der Spiegel that problems with the Northern Ireland Protocol – a way to maintain a free-flowing land border on the island of Ireland after Brexit – meant the UK “broke international law” in trying to get round the arrangement.