Until now, intransigent EU officials have stonewalled requests to scrap the backstop but comments from Mr Barnier may force them to consider the formulation of a new strategy to save the Brexit deal.
After the Commission declared Dublin would be forced to implement a hard border in a no-deal Scenario, Mr Barnier revealed how the problem could be overcome in the future.
“If we’re facing a no-deal, we will, together with Ireland and the UK, have to find a way to carry out checks,” he told EU employers and trade union representatives on Wednesday. Express.
Just think what we could have achieved with real negotiation!
