EXCLUSIVE: EU contests Boris Johnson letter, says backstop only way to keep Irish border open
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks as he meets with health professionals during his visit to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, Britain, August 19, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/Pool
The note sets out the agreed joint position of the 27 EU states staying on together after Brexit, after the bloc’s top institutions in Brussels had already rebuffed Johnson’s push to change Britain’s divorce terms.
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