Barnier insists on "all-weather" Irish backstop
Describing a meeting with Slovakia's prime minister on the state of the Brexit talks, Barnier tweeted: "Strong common commitment to work for orderly withdrawal, which must include all-weather backstop for IE/NI (Ireland and Northern Ireland) and ambitious future relationship. We are not there yet." (Reporting by Alastair Macdonald ; @macdonaldrtr Editing by Alison Williams)
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