Michel Barnier has set Boris Johnson a midnight deadline to concede to EU demands and agree to a customs border in the Irish Sea or be left with nothing to take to the Commons. Legal text had yet to be tabled by the British negotiators, Barnier told ministers in Luxembourg. 'One last chance': why Irish border question remains sticking point Read moreThe thorny issue of how to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland continues to dog the negotiations. The problem of a customs border remained difficult, Barnier told the ministers. The Brexit secretary, Stephen Barclay, who was also in Luxembourg and briefly met Barnier on Tuesday morning, insisted a deal was “still very possible”.

Source: The Guardian October 15, 2019 08:32 UTC