UK urges EU to be ‘pragmatic, not bloody-minded’ over Brexit dispute

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab urged the EU to take a more “pragmatic” approach to the Northern Ireland issue.

French President Emmanuel Macron meets UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA

The European Union (EU) has been urged to back down in a dispute with the UK over Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trading arrangements.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was holding talks with the EU’s key players on Saturday as the dispute threatened to overshadow his hosting of the G7 summit.