Donald Tusk has announced that he is determined to find a "workable solution" to the Irish border question after meeting the Republic of Ireland's taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, in Brussels. The president of the European Council said that officials would continue to search for a compromise on the issue, despite the UK government's rejection of the bloc's original customs backstop offer. Mr Tusk, who was speaking at an EU summit in Brussels, said: "We will not give up until we have found a solution which works and meets our expectations.
Donald Tusk has announced that he is determined to find a "workable solution" to the Irish border question after meeting the Republic of Ireland's taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, in Brussels. The president of the European Council said that officials would continue to search for a compromise on the issue, despite the UK government's rejection of the bloc's original customs backstop offer. The issue remains the largest impediment to an agreement on the terms of Brexit, with the impasse fuelling speculation that the UK could crash out of the EU without a deal in March 2019.