Border ball back in UK’s court - Avoiding a hard border after Brexit

AS expected, the EU’s draft legal text on Brexit has proposed that Northern Ireland be “considered part of the customs territory of the EU” in the event of the alignment option contained in last December’s political agreement with the UK coming into effect.

According to the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier, “the backstop [Option C] is the only way to guarantee that the joint commitments will be upheld in all circumstances” in order to avoid a hard border.