EU's Tusk says Johnson letter offered no 'realistic alternatives' to Brexit backstop
European Council President Donald Tusk says that a letter sent to him by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson included no "realistic alternatives" to the contentious Irish backstop.
"The backstop is an insurance to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland unless and until an alternative is found," Tusk said in a Tweet on Tuesday, responding to a Johnson letter teh day before proposing that the European Union agrees to drop the backstop.
"Those against the backstop and not proposing realistic alternatives in fact support re-establishing a border. Even if they do not admit it."
The backstop is an insurance to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland unless and until an alternative is found. Those against the backstop and not proposing realistic alternatives in fact support reestablishing a border. Even if they do not admit it.
— Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) August 20, 2019
