European Affairs Minister rejects UK proposal for a “temporary” Brexit backstop


Brussels has given a lukewarm response to the latest British Government proposal on how to deal with the Border after Brexit.
In a note published today Westminster has agreed the so called “backstop” designed to prevent the return of a hard border should end by December 2021.
The British Brexit Secretary David Davis had threatened to resign over the original proposal.
But in a tweet the Brexit coordinator for the European Parliament Guy Verhofstadt said its hard to see how the proposal will work. He said a backstop that is temporary is not a backstop.
That’s been echoed by European Affairs Minister Helen McEntee……

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