EU Brexit chief suggests MPs should stop Northern Ireland protocol bill

Maro efovi says Brussels will launch fresh legal action against UK over treaty obligations

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Brussels has urged Westminster to throw out the illegal" attempt by Boris Johnson to unilaterally rewrite the post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland, as the EU launched fresh legal action against the UK.

Maro efovi, the EU's Brexit commissioner, said he expected parliament to make the case for negotiation over conflict, as he relaunched a frozen case for past breaches of the Brexit deal and started two new claims over undelivered treaty obligations.