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EU position on Irish border to test UK cabinet unity on Brexit

12:10 AM

Draft of EU divorce treaty to say Northern Ireland should remain in customs union in absence of negotiated agreement

The Irish border issue threatens to test the UK government’s newfound unity over Brexit when the European Union unveils the first complete draft of Britain’s EU divorce treaty later this week.

In the document to be finalised on Wednesday, the European commission will spell out that, as a last resort to avoid a hard border, Northern Ireland would remain in the EU customs union and aligned to European single market rules.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2F9OjU3

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