Coveney: No one wants to trap the UK in a backstop

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said there are no changes to the text of the withdrawal agreement or the Irish protocol in the deal agreed between the UK and the EU.

Coveney: No one wants to trap the UK in a backstop

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said there are no changes to the text of the withdrawal agreement or the Irish protocol in the deal agreed between British Prime Minister Theresa May and EU President Jean Claude Juncker.

He said it has never been the goal of the EU, or of Ireland for that matter, to trap the UK in a backstop indefinitely.

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