EU vows response if UK scraps Northern Ireland Brexit rules
By DW
21 May 2022 |
3:08 pm
Brussels has said a British proposal to effectively override parts of a Brexit deal with a new law is "not acceptable." The UK has proposed a new law to drop part of the Brexit agreement on Northern Ireland trade.
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