Juncker: I don't have erotic relationship with the backstop

Hopes rise of Brexit progress after EU leader's bizarre remark

Jean-Claude Juncker
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There are new hopes of a Brexit deal after EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said he does not have an “erotic relationship” with the Irish backstop.

Speaking to Sky News, Juncker said: “I was asking the prime minister the other day to make concrete proposals as far as so-called alternative arrangements are concerned, allowing us and Britain to achieve the main objectives of the backstop.”

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