The Northern Irish party propping up Britain's minority government is not a...
DUBLIN - The Northern Irish party propping up Britain’s minority government is not asking for changes to the Brexit divorce deal that will “fundamentally undermine” what has been proposed, one of its senior lawmakers said on Thursday.
While many of his Democratic Unionist Party colleagues have insisted the backstop be removed completely from the deal, Jeffrey Donaldson said the party’s clear position is that the border insurance mechanism is changed in such a way that it can win the support of pro-British unionists in Northern Ireland.
The backstop is meant to keep the border open pending a future trade deal between Britain and the EU, and in keeping with the 1998 Good Friday peace deal that ended sectarian conflict between pro-British unionists and Irish nationalists. Donaldson said frontrunner Boris Johnson and most leadership contenders are clear that the backstop is the main problem and that the DUP had engaged with a number of them, seeking assurances that their concerns would be addressed.
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