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Originally Posted by Hugh
I think we are just running the clock down.
Any new proposals have to be signed off by the 27 EU countries, before the Council can agree.
As I posted from the BBC yesterday.
We have less than seven weeks, and remember, 27 days ago, BJ thought he could have something in 30 days.
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It is the EU that insists on on a backstop for THEMSELVES. Any proposals also have to go to through EU Parliament as well.
It was Merkel who originally came up with the "30 days".
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has suggested an alternative to the Irish border backstop - a key Brexit sticking point - could be found within 30 days.
Speaking at a news conference alongside Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Berlin, she stressed it would be up to the UK to offer a workable plan.
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And as I've previously pointed out, if that is/was possible/plausible then the backstop can be removed from the Withdrawal Agreement, as it wouldn't have been in play for another year or so. The key notion behind saying the UK would be okish with leaving on Nov 1st, is that it says to the EU, that we also wouldn't be that bothered if no alternative was found by end of 2020.