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EU to outline Irish 'backstop' in absence of British solutions

By Matthew Holehouse ( February 27, 2018, 15:49 GMT | Insight) -- The EU will outline proposals to keep Northern Ireland in "full alignment" with the rules of the single market and customs union, in order to prevent the emergence of a hard border on the island of Ireland after Brexit. Such a step is necessary after the UK government failed to submit plans for its preferred option: a trade agreement that prevents the emergence of customs infrastructure.The British government has failed to submit ideas on how to prevent a hard border in Northern Ireland, EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said. For that reason, the EU tomorrow will unveil the draft legal text for a backstop plan, disliked by the UK, that would keep the province in “regulatory alignment” with the island of Ireland after Brexit....

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