✅ DUP opposed to Brexit deal that ‘traps’ Northern Ireland in EU

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✍ The DUP remains opposed to a UK or Northern Ireland only Brexit backstop and anything that “traps” Northern Ireland in the single market or customs union, its party leader has said. With talks between the UK and the EU set to “intensify” in the coming days, Arlene Foster said on Friday that her party “will always exercise our considerable influence in ensuring we stand up for Northern Ireland”. “We will only ever consider supporting arrangements that are in Northern Ireland’s long-term economic and constitutional interests,” she said. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and British prime minister Boris Johnson met on Thursday and it has been reported since that some form of customs border in Irish Sea is likely to be explored as an alternative to the backstop, an insurance policy included in the withdrawal agreement reached by Theresa May and the EU which aims to avoid the need for border checks on the island of Ireland. Ms Foster said her party was in regular contact with Mr Johnson, who is “ ...
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