The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, and the EU negotiator on the United Kingdom's exit from the EU, Michel Barnier, again refused on 30 January to accept the request of the British Parliament and Prime Minister Theresa May to reopen negotiations on the ‘backstop’ for Ireland, after the British Parliament adopted an amendment to this effect on Tuesday evening, the famous Brady amendment calling for alternative mechanisms to the ‘backstop'...