The UK will have a 'necessity to act' if the EU is not willing to compromise over the Northern Ireland Brexit deal, Boris Johnson has said.
Writing in the Belfast Telegraph, Mr Johnson said there was still a "sensible landing spot" where the interests of all sides are protected - including the integrity of the EU single market, which the protocol is designed to maintain."We have been told by the EU that it is impossible to make the changes to the protocol text to actually solve these problems in negotiations - because there is no mandate to do so," he said.
Similarly to the Prime Minister, Ms Truss warned that if the EU did not show the "requisite flexibility" over the Northern Ireland Protocol the UK would have "no choice but to act" alone. She told Mr Sefcovic the protocol had become "the greatest obstacle" to forming a new Northern Ireland Executive.
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