'Our door is always open to Mr Johnson.' BorisJohnson is set to hold Brexit talks with the outgoing European Commission president and the EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier. Read more here:
And the European Commission spokeswoman said she was"not going to speculate" on what Mr Juncker hoped to achieve from the meeting. Ireland's prime minister, Leo Varadkar, has warned that the gap between London and Brussels on the issue of the backstop remained"very wide".
"We have always said we would be willing to look at alternative arrangements, but what we're seeing falls far short," he told RTE radio."We are exploring what is possible. "The gap is very wide but we will fight for and work for a deal until the last moment, but not at any cost." The backstop, which is part of the withdrawal agreement Theresa May negotiated with the EU, is an insurance policy designed to avoid the return of a hard border on the island of Ireland. Mr Johnson has called for it to be scrapped, but the EU has said its presence in the deal is not up for negotiation. His talks with Mr Juncker are the latest in a round of meetings with top EU figures, including Mr Vardkar, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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