Will take legal action against UK if it violates Withdrawal Agreement: EU

The main opposition Labour party as well as Scottish nationalists and Liberal Democrats are firmly against rescinding international pledges

The European Union (EU) is ready to take legal action against the United Kingdom (UK) if the latter violates the letter or spirit of the Withdrawal Agreement it signed in January to begin exiting the EU. The UK has been given time until the end of this month to either abandon or suitably revise plans to introduce an Internal Market Bill in the British parliament to effectively renege on some of its obligations.

In possibly the angriest statement issued by either party in the Brexit process, the European Commission, which administers the EU, said, “Vice-President Maros Sefcovic (of the EC) stated