EU considers legal action over Britain's plan for Brexit breach

EU hands Britain end-of-September deadline to withdraw internal market bill

The European Union (EU) is studying the possibility of legal action against the UK over Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plans to breach the agreement governing Britain’s exit from the bloc, according to a document seen by Bloomberg.

European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic held emergency talks with Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove on Thursday as the bloc weighed how to respond.

The EU may have a case to seek legal remedies under the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement even before controversial provisions in the UK internal-market bill are passed by Parliament, and would have a clear justification once the bill becomes law, according