EU officials and Irish leaders have rejected Boris Johnson's request to remove the Northern Ireland backstop from the Brexit deal.
Officials in Dublin and Brussels rule out Boris Johnson's request to strip out parts of the Brexit deal negotiated by his predecessor Theresa May. He wrote a letter to EU Council President Donald Tusk on Monday demanding that Brussels remove the Irish backstop from the withdrawal agreement, something it has repeatedly refused to consider. "The withdrawal agreement is not open for renegotiation and the backstop is not open for change," an EU source told the Guardian.
Officials in Dublin and Brussels rule out Boris Johnson's request to strip out parts of the Brexit deal negotiated by his predecessor Theresa May. He wrote a letter to EU Council President Donald Tusk on Monday demanding that Brussels remove the Irish backstop from the withdrawal agreement, something it has repeatedly refused to consider. "The withdrawal agreement is not open for renegotiation and the backstop is not open for change," an EU source told the Guardian.
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