CONTROVERSIAL BACKSTOP ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS

CONTROVERSIAL BACKSTOP ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS

The controversial backstop will be on the agenda when Theresa May heads to Brussels after MPs backed an amendment to replace the plan with “alternative arrangements”. This would mean a reopening of the Withdrawal Agreement thrashed out between the UK and EU as the parties bid to find a way of avoiding a hard border in Ireland. However, European Council president Donald Tusk has said the agreement is not open for renegotiation.

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