EU to Escalate Legal Action Against U.K. Over N. Ireland

Move comes as U.K. demands renegotiation of N.I. Protocol
U.K.’s Frost says it’s causing significant disruption to trade

WATCH: The U.K. called on the EU to rewrite a deal overseeing post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Alberto Nardelli and Dara Doyle

July 22, 2021 at 9:18 AM UTC

Updated on

July 22, 2021 at 12:32 PM UTC

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Britain is set to be handed a final warning from the European Union to meet its commitments under the Northern Ireland Protocol as the two sides struggle to work out their post-Brexit relationship.

The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, plans to file a so-called reasoned opinion on what it says are the U.K.’s breaches of the protocol by the end of the month, according to two officials with knowledge of the process. If the U.K. government refuses to back down, the commission could then refer the case to the EU’s Court of Justice in Luxembourg.