Dublin offers UK assurances on backstop

The Irish government and the EU are prepared to offer fresh assurances to Britain on the temporary nature of the backstop in a new document alongside the withdrawal agreement, in an attempt to break the political impasse at Westminster.

Simon Coveney, the tanaiste, has told The Sunday Times: “The EU is looking at ways — and is working with the UK on this — of trying to provide more reassurance on the temporary nature of the backstop. There are ways of providing reassurance to the UK to get a future relationship deal done in a timely manner.”

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Source: The Sunday Times