British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a parliamentary committee Wednesday he did not believe the European Union (EU) was negotiating a Brexit deal with Britain in good faith, reports Xinhua.
Johnson spent more than an hour being grilled by the House of Commons Liaison Committee, made up of the chairs of the major parliamentary select committees.
Questions were fired at Johnson over the controversial Internal Market Bill he introduced this week in the British parliament. MPs who are opposed to the bill had claimed it would breach international law by overriding some parts of the Brexit deal signed by Britain and the EU.
Veteran Labour politician Hilary Benn asked Johnson if he thought the EU was negotiating in good faith, to which he replied I don't believe they are.
Pressed further, Johnson said that perhaps Brussels will prove his suspicions wrong, adding if that was the case, all will be well.
He said he preferred to have the safety net of the Internal Market Bill, which survived a challenge earlier this week from the main opposition Labour Party.