The European Union is seeking detailed proposals soon from London on Brexit, a s...
FILE PHOTO: An EU flag flutters during an anti-Brexit demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
Johnson met German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday, is lunching with French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday and will meet European Council President Donald Tusk face on Sunday on the sidelines of a G7 summit in France. London is demanding that the EU drops the Irish backstop - an insurance policy to preserve the open Irish border under all circumstances after Brexit - from Britain’s EU departure treaty. But the bloc is refusing to renegotiate.
The senior official said the EU was hoping for clarity sooner. Britain is currently due to leave the bloc on Oct.31.
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