Ireland being reasonable as UK battles Brexit issues of ‘own creation’, says Taoiseach
He said the Government would support any workable mechanism that might be found which would not affect the current invisible border, or be time limited or allow unilateral withdrawal.
The Taoiseach’s comments came after the DUP and the Conservative Party’s pro-Brexit European Research Group made clear that they would not support the withdrawal agreement in House of Commons votes without legally binding measures in relation to the backstop.However, the Daily Telegraph reported on Monday that Mr Cox had abandoned attempts to get a hard time limit of a unilateral mechanism for the UK to exit the backstop.
Mr Cox is reported to be focusing on securing an enhanced “arbitration mechanism” that allows the UK or the EU to provide formal notice that the backstop should come to an end.
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