Barnier pledges EU support for backstop in event of no-deal Brexit

Chief negotiator says member states will ‘stand fully behind Ireland’ to avoid hard border

The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has pledged support for the Irish border backstop regardless of what happens in the Brexit negotiations.

“The EU will stand fully behind Ireland,” Barnier said on Monday at a joint press conference with the taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, in Dublin.

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