Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Thursday said it was not yet clear whether ...
GLENCOLUMBKILLE, Ireland - Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Thursday said it was not yet clear whether his British counterpart Boris Johnson had chosen to leave the European Union without a deal, but that the decision was Britain’s alone to make.
But Varadkar said there would be no withdrawal agreement or subsequent trade agreement with Britain if it did not accept the backstop - an insurance policy that would provisionally keep Britain in a customs union with the EU, pending a better solution, to prevent the return of a hard border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland.
“The position of the European Union and the position of Ireland has not changed: The backstop is an integral part of the withdrawal agreement,” he said.
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