EU’s Tusk: By not proposing alternatives,opponents of Irish backstop back "reestablishing border"
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  • 15:58 20 August 2019

EU’s Tusk: By not proposing alternatives,opponents of Irish backstop back "reestablishing border"

The Irish backstop was "insurance" to avoid a hard border on the Irish isle until an alternative could be found, European Council president Donald Tusk tweeted on Tuesday, and that those against the backstop that were not proposing "realistic alternatives" supported reestablishing a hard border "even if they do not admit it", ONA reports Sputnik.

The news comes after a 'well-informed source' cited by the Guardian said that the "EU compromised" over the course of a two and a half year negotiating process, "including on the question of the backstop".

“The withdrawal agreement is not open for renegotiation and the backstop is not open for change," the source told the Guardian. "A legally operable backstop to avoid a hard border remains central to the withdrawal agreement for the EU27.”

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