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Originally Posted by Chris
Not sure if you’re wilfully misunderstanding the point, but Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty can be triggered unilaterally by any EU member state. The backstop provisions of the withdrawal treaty state that the backstop may only be exited by agreement of both the UK and the EU
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I wasn't making comment on how the get-out clause works, I was pointing out that one exists.
However, the EU have been quite clear that they don't want the backstop, but for them it has to exist to protect the integrity of their single market and customs union. The alternative is a hard border that all other 3rd party countries have with the EU where an agreement does not exist, and that then violates the Good Friday Agreement.
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Originally Posted by nomadking
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Correct. It would not be the backstop without that, and would require the hard border instead in order to protect the single market and customs union.