It is up to Britain to bring proposals to the table if it does not wish to trigger a backstop agreement that would fully align Northern Ireland with the rules of the EU to avoid a hard border, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said Wednesday.
"Now it is up to the UK to bring proposals to the table to make that possible," Varadkar told Newstalk, saying the draft Brexit withdrawal treaty to be published later on Wednesday will put into legal effect the backstop arrangement or 'Option C' agreed by negotiators in December
"It's not okay for people, whether pro-Brexit politicians in Britain people or parties in Northern Ireland, to just say no now. It's incumbent on them if they can't accept the backstop, well then they must detail how Option A or B would work."
Reuters
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