EU officials have until the weekend to look at the proposal, or otherwise accept the UK will leave with no deal
The plans landed in Brussels today and will try to replace the Irish backstop by creating a special relationship between Northern Ireland and theEU officials will have until the weekend to look at the proposal, or otherwise accept the UK will withdraw without a deal.
This would keep Northern Ireland in a regulatory zone with the EU for food, agricultural and industrial products, removing the need for checks, but with the EU carefully studying the details. Boris claimed the plan was ‘entirely compatible with maintaining an open border in Northern Ireland’.It is thought the legal text of the new protocol will only be shared in the negotiating room and is not be made public.
Stressing that ‘further work’ remains to be done, they urged all those concerned to approach discussions with a ‘positive mind-set’.The new Brexit plan has now been handed to EU officials who reportedly have until the weekend to read it over
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