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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen decision to threaten to trigger Article 16 of the Brexit deal has left "frustration" and "head-scratching" in

Westminster according to Laura Kuenssberg. Ms von der Leyen is facing pressure after the European Union backed down in the row over coronavirus vaccines supplies with AstraZeneca which saw

the bloc propose an export ban on Northern Ireland. Ms Kuenssberg told the BBC Newscast podcast: "This has really knocked the UK's confidence in von der Leyen as someone they can

trust to do business with. "Having made such a misjudgement and not understood the sensitivities on both sides. "There was also a lot of head-scratching and frustration in the UK

that there just was a row, a big problem in the EU and without the UK even saying anything about it really. "The commission made it about Brexit. "It was not anything particularly

to do with Brexit" she added.  JUST IN: EU FACES SECOND VACCINE CRISIS: JOHNSON & JOHNSON JABS COULD BE SHIPPED TO US BEFORE EU The BBC’s veteran reporter also described how a

"defensive" EU commission has "lashed out" at the UK. Discussing the row with BBC Europe Editor Katya Adler, she said: "In a defensive mode because of all the

problems you have just spoken about Katya, trying to defend their reputation on vaccines. "Some people consider what the Commission did because they sort of couldn't help

themselves they lashed out at the UK. "Rather than looking at their own problems." READ MORE: EMMANUEL MACRON HUMILIATED AS COURT FINDS HIS GOVERNMENT GUILTY OF BREAKING OWN RULE

"Screaming, upset, they were in a panic. An absolute panic about the vaccines, the supplies, the orders, where they were screwing up. "And the rising irritation amongst EU member

states. What we've seen since on the EU side is a closing of ranks, a realisation from the EU that it was really finger-pointing all over the place around the end of last week." Ms

Adler also said most European media have stepped away from the implications triggering Article 16 could have had on post-Brexit relations but chose instead to focus on demanding clarity

about vaccine supplies. She continued: "For most of the European media, so outside Ireland, it wasn't so much picked up on, the whole Article 16 thing.