Ireland said on Friday Britain had not made credible proposals on replacing the ...
HELSINKI - Ireland said on Friday Britain had not made credible proposals on replacing the Irish border backstop arrangement in Brexit talks, an accusation dismissed by the British government, which said London was putting forward alternatives.
Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said Britain had not offered any concrete alternatives to the existing planned ‘backstop’, which the EU wants to ensure an open border between Ireland and Northern Ireland. “It cannot simply be this notion that we must have the backstop removed and we’ll solve this problem in the future negotiations, without any credible way of doing that.”
Britain has said technological alternatives to border checks should be possible by the time the backstop might be needed, but has given no details, prompting scepticism from the EU. EU leaders are due to meet for a summit in Brussels on Oct. 17-18, just a fortnight before Britain’s current leave date. But Brexit watchers in the EU’s political hub Brussels already expect another emergency summit might be needed in late October to avoid the worst-case scenario.
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