UK will act if EU refuses to act on Ireland rules, PM Johnson

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday said that his country would break the Brexit agreement with the European Union, as it is causing a blockage in the formation of a new government in Northern Ireland.

Johnson also stressed that there would be “a necessity to act” if the EU refuse to agree to refurbish post-Brexit trade rules. The UK PM says that these rules are destabilizing Northern Ireland’s delicate political balance.

Johnson, while holding private talks with the leaders of Northern Ireland’s main political parties, urged them to head back to work. But his public message was targeted at EU nations, which, according to him, are refusing to give ground over post-Brexit border checks.

“I hope the EU’s position changes. If it does not, there will be a necessity to act,” Johnson wrote in the Belfast Telegraph.

The UK government is expected to chalk out a legislation plan that would give Britain powers to alter its Brexit treaty with the EU.