'The moment that a solution for the management of the border is found in the future relationship - so for the European Union's future ties to Britain, which basically squares the circle.'
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the UK should be given more time to leave the European Union if it needs it, as she pointed to a way out of the Brexit impasse that falls far short of what the UK's next prime minister wants.[BERLIN] German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the UK should be given more time to leave the European Union if it needs it, as she pointed to a way out of the Brexit impasse that falls far short of what the UK's next prime minister wants.
Mrs Merkel reiterated that Britain's divorce agreement with the EU, and the controversial Irish border backstop within it, cannot be renegotiated, but pointed to other ways to potentially make the measure more palatable. The EU has repeatedly said that the Withdrawal Agreement can't be re-opened - and the backstop that was designed to guarantee that there's no new border on the island of Ireland can't be removed. It is willing to redraft the non-binding political statement on future trade ties and Mrs Merkel said rewriting that document could make the backstop obsolete.
"The moment that a solution for the management of the border is found in the future relationship - so for the European Union's future ties to Britain, which basically squares the circle," then the"backstop will be overwritten so-to-speak," she said at a news conference in Berlin."It will no longer be relevant and we will have a solution for that issue," she said.
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