The European Union is ready to give Britain more guarantees that the Irish "...
BERLIN - The European Union is ready to give Britain more guarantees that the Irish “backstop” is only intended to be temporary, the bloc’s chief Brexit negotiator said on Friday.
“This is not the case. And we are ready to give further guarantees, assurances and clarifications that the backstop should only be temporary.” British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said last month that the key to securing a Brexit deal that the British government can get through parliament was to define the “temporary” nature of the Irish backstop more precisely.
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