Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said that new proposals from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson marked progress but lots of work was still needed for a new Brexit deal to be agreed.
Speaking ahead of a meeting with the European Parliament’s Brexit Steering Committee, Barnier insisted that any withdrawal agreement should fulfil the three objectives of the backstop: “no border, all-Ireland economy, and protecting the single market”.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a phone call that the EU’s executive would examine the legal text objectively and in light of the bloc’s “well-known criteria,” it said in a statement.