Macron warns Johnson ‘nothing is negotiable’ over Northern Ireland

The G7 summit risks being overshadowed by the bitter standoff over Brexit

The French president last night ramped up the pressure on Boris Johnson over the Northern Ireland protocol by insisting nothing is negotiable" as the G7 summit of world leaders risked being overshadowed by the bitter standoff over Brexit.

In a defiant intervention as he prepared to travel to the UK, Emmanuel Macron warned Boris Johnson that France is not open to renegotiating any aspect of the protocol - and even appeared to raise questions about whether the UK could be trusted.