UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar are scheduled to meet in early September. But ahead of that, Varadkar’s spokesman clearly indicated there is no prospect of renegotiating the Irish backstop in Brexit withdrawal agreement. The spokesman noted that the discussions “would give both sides an opportunity to gain a better understanding of their respective positions. As has repeatedly been made clear, the withdrawal agreement and the backstop are not up for negotiation.”
In the other hand, Johnson’s chief EU adviser, David Frost, is expected to visit Brussels again in the coming days. Previously, it’s reported that Frost has told EU of the new, central scenario of no-deal Brexit of Johnson. But that was denied by Downing Street. Johnson will also meet the European commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, for the first time at a G7 meeting in Biarritz at the end of this month.
