UK Prime Minister Expected To Reveal Plan To Cut Irish Backstop From Brexit Deal - Reports

Fakhir Rizvi Published January 21, 2019 | 03:45 PM

UK Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to announce a plan to remove Irish border backstop provision from the withdrawal agreement in order to win support for the deal from her own party and parliamentary allies, local media reported on Monday

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 21st January, 2019) UK Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to announce a plan to remove Irish border backstop provision from the withdrawal agreement in order to win support for the deal from her own party and parliamentary allies, local media reported on Monday.

The UK prime minister will address the parliament later in the day to report on an alternative for the withdrawal deal, after the previous agreement, agreed by the UK government and the European Union, suffered crushing defeat in the UK House of Commons.

May will no longer look for a cross-party consensus, as Labour has shown little support, and will instead try and get rid of the Irish backstop to convince some of Conservative lawmakers and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to back the agreement, Sky news broadcaster reported, citing the Cabinet sources.

According to media reports, a bilateral treaty with Ireland may have been considered as a way to get rid of the backstop provision, but Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney and Prime Minister Leo Varadkar rejected the idea over the weekend.