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High Risk, High stakes ahead Quote of the day ‘A breach of contract does not itself entail a breach of the rule of law, and breaching a treaty obligation because parliament has so legislated does not either.’ David Wolfson QC on whether the Internal Market Bill breaks the law. However, Boris Johnson's plan to override key elements of the Brexit deal will "undermine" international trust in Britain,the European Commission has warned.  Britain’s relationship with the EU has been plunged into crisis after ministers rejected a demand by Brussels to drop plans to override key elements of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. At a stormy meeting in London, European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic gave the UK until the end of the month to drop the controversial provisions in the Internal Market Bill or face the potential collapse of talks on a free trade agreement. However, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove – who co-chairs a joint committee on the Withdrawal Agreement with Mr Sefcovic – said the Government was not prepared to back down. “I explained to vice president Sefcovic that we could not and would not do that,” he told reporters following the meeting. Meanwhile, a spokesman for EU's Chief Brexit negotiator,Michel Barnier said in London that the talks would not be suspended amid the row.