BRUSSELS, Aug 20, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – The EU on Tuesday gave a chilly response
to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s letter demanding the scrapping of
the Irish border backstop plan to achieve a Brexit deal, saying he had
offered no workable alternative.
“The letter does not provide a legal operational solution to prevent the
return of a hard border on the island of Ireland,” European Commission
spokeswoman Natasha Bertaud told reporters.
Johnson’s letter to EU Council President Donald Tusk insisted Britain
wanted a Brexit deal but said the backstop was “anti-democratic” and must be
dropped.