Johnson proposes Northern Ireland stay aligned to the EU’s single market but remain in a separate UK-wide customs territoryIrish leader Leo Varadkar with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Dublin, Ireland. Picture: AFP/LORRAINE O'SULLIVAN
After “detailed and constructive” talks near Liverpool in northwest England, Johnson and Varadkar said finding a deal was in the interests of all sides — but made clear more work was needed. Johnson has vowed Britain will end its five-decade membership of the EU on October 31, with or without agreeing exit terms. But he could be forced to seek to delay Brexit for a third time if he fails to agree a deal by next week’s summit.
After British MPs rejected the previous “backstop” plan to keep the border open, Johnson presented a new proposal last week — but it received a cold reception in Brussels. He proposes Northern Ireland stay aligned to the EU’s single market but remain in a separate UK-wide customs territory, envisaging customs but no regulatory checks on the frontier.
Before the meeting with Johnson, Varadkar told Ireland’s parliament that he would work “until the last moment” to get a deal, but added: “Certainly not at any cost.”After days of both sides trading increasingly bitter accusations of inflexibility, the diplomacy appears to be intensifying in a late bid to find a breakthrough.
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