Theresa May believes there is an attempt to unpick the deal on the Irish border STEFAN ROUSSEAU/PATheresa May will warn Brussels not to use Brexit to break up the UK in a “robust” fightback against its insistence that Northern Ireland must remain in a customs union. The EU will today publish a new draft withdrawal agreement demanding that Mrs May sign up to legal commitments preventing a hard border in Ireland even if that means customs checks between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK. It also states that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) must have the power to “interpret and enforce” the agreement against British objections. The prime minister has been told that failure to agree an outline of the text could jeopardise a transition agreement at next month’s European summit and stall talks on a future relationship.

Source: The Times February 28, 2018 00:04 UTC