Barclay: has to be Brexit deal without backstop

(23 Sep 2019) Britain's secretary of state for exiting the European Union said on Monday in Prague that any withdrawal deal with the EU must be "without the backstop". "It has to be a deal that the United Kingdom Parliament will pass", said Stephen Barclay, who added that the backstop was not "in keeping with the Belfast Good Friday Agreement". British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is insisting that the so-called Irish backstop be dropped from the withdrawal agreement negotiated by his predecessor, which Brexit advocates worry would leave Britain too closely linked for too long to the EU. EU negotiator Michel Barnier said after meeting Germany's foreign minister in Berlin on Monday that he thought it would be difficult to find an alternative deal that fulfills the objectives of the backstop. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...