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Originally Posted by Hugh
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There's still 16 months before any backstop would be due to come into play, plus the previous months, gives more than 2 years. It's still more than long enough to remove the backstop. Macron agreed with the 30 days. If Merkel and Macron can truly envisage an agreement within 30 days, they must have a solution in mind. Either they are outright lying or their solution is so unacceptable it wouldn't be accepted.
A central issue is that the backstop only ends if the EU says it can. Why wasn't that aspect front and centre in the Withdrawal Agreement and not left to just 3 words, ie "unless and until".