According to the latest headlines floating on the wires, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier was noted saying that Ireland remains the crucial issue if we are to get an agreement.
“¢ Should be able to de-dramatize the Brexit backstop.
“¢ If there is no operational backstop on Ireland, there will not be an agreement.
“¢ The no-deal scenario is not our scenario.
“¢ A third country, in past and future, cannot be in an identical or as stable a situation as an EU member state.
“¢ Beyond free trade agreement, proposals made in the white paper on 2 points aren’t acceptable as they are.