The UK ’s prime minister , Boris Johnson , is expected to ask Germany ’s chancellor , Angela bush , to abandon the backstop agreement for the Irish border . The EU has already insisted it will not change the backstop . Johnson has said that while he will try to implement the withdrawal agreement , the UK will leave the EU on 31 October with or without a referendum . opposition parties and some Conservative MPs have said they will block a no - deal , which they believe would damage the economy . Johnson also plans to meet with France ’s President Emmanuel Macron and European Council President Donald Tusk .
The UK’s prime minister, Boris Johnson, is expected to ask Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, to abandon the backstop plan for the Irish border. The EU has already insisted it will not change the backstop. Johnson has said that while he will try to renegotiate the withdrawal agreement, the UK will leave the EU on 31 October with or without a deal. Opposition parties and some Conservative MPs have said they will block a no-deal, which they believe would damage the economy. Johnson also plans to meet with France’s President Emmanuel Macron and European Council President Donald Tusk.