Brexit: EU launches legal action against UK for breaching withdrawal agreement
by Daniel Boffey in Brussels and Lisa O'Carroll from on (#58P6W)
UK put on formal notice over internal market bill, which ministers admit breaks international law
The EU has launched legal action against the UK after Boris Johnson failed to respond to Brussels' demand that he drop legislation that would overwrite the withdrawal agreement and break international law.
Ursula von der Leyen, the European commission president, announced that the UK had been put on formal notice over the internal market bill tabled by the prime minister last month.
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