French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to force Britain into the Irish border backstop.,
French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to force Britain into the Irish border backstop if it does not give up access to UK fishing waters.
French President Emmanuel Macron (pictured left in Brussels today) has vowed to force Britain into the Irish border backstop if it does not give up access to UK fishing waters. Mr Macron said maintaining the customs union would be used as 'leverage' in the next phase of talks on the final UK-EU trade deal. Prime Minister Theresa May (right today) has insisted Britain will leave the customs union, which is essential to striking trade deals, after Brexit. But under the divorce deal agreed in Brussels today this can only happen if there is an alternative for keeping open the Irish border. If France refuses to agree a trade deal because of a dispute over, entering the backstop - which is hated by Brexiteers, Unionists and the DUP - could be inevitable. Mr Macron's intervention sparked a ferocious backlash from both sides of the Brexit divide
French President Emmanuel Macron (pictured left in Brussels today) has vowed to force Britain into the Irish border backstop if it does not give up access to UK fishing waters. Mr Macron said maintaining the customs union would be used as 'leverage' in the next phase of talks on the final UK-EU trade deal. Prime Minister Theresa May (right today) has insisted Britain will leave the customs union, which is essential to striking trade deals, after Brexit. But under the divorce deal agreed in Brussels today this can only happen if there is an alternative for keeping open the Irish border. If France refuses to agree a trade deal because of a dispute over, entering the backstop - which is hated by Brexiteers, Unionists and the DUP - could be inevitable. Mr Macron's intervention sparked a ferocious backlash from both sides of the Brexit divide
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