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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12012
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NEWS BRIEFS / Ireland

Michel Barnier insists Irish backstop not being used to blackmail UK

30/04/2018 (Agence Europe)On Monday 30 April, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said in Dundalk, Ireland, that the Irish issue was in no way part of "a negotiation strategy" with London, and nor was the EU"playing tactics" with Ireland's vital interest.  "I sometimes hear that, by insisting on a backstop, the EU is taking hostage the future relationship negotiations.  I even read that the EU is trying to get the UK to change its red lines – and stay in the single...

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