All sides will be looking carefully at the full implications of the various texts in the coming hours
It is understood the Irish Government is "content" with the assurances, which will take the form of a legally binding joint statement on the application of the backstop, changes to the non-binding political declaration, and a unilateral declaration by the UK on the backstop.
MPs at Westminster, who overwhelmingly rejected the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement earlier this year, are due to vote on the revised proposals this evening. The declaration states that it is the UK’s understanding that if it is not possible for both sides to conclude an agreement that supersedes the backstop, then "nothing in the Withdrawal Agreement would prevent it from instigating measures that could ultimately lead to disapplication of obligations under the protocol".
In a statement following the meeting in Strasbourg, Mrs May said the Unilateral Declaration would state "that if the backstop comes into use and discussions on our future relationship break down so that there is no prospect of subsequent agreement, it is the position of the United Kingdom that there would be nothing to prevent the UK instigating measures that would ultimately disapply the backstop".
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