The fate of the Irish border after Brexit once again drove a wedge between the EU and Britain on Wednesday, the latest row over the fiendishly complex problem. Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney further piled the pressure on May, demanding to know how she would avoid the “backstop” plan. Britain’s former prime minister, John Major, said the UK needed to “urgently” come up with a solution. To make issues even more complicated, May has to take into account the views of the DUP, the pro-British Northern Ireland party that props up her government. The DUP has said it will not accept a hard border or any post-Brexit divergences between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 01, 2018 15:45 UTC