Barnier criticises May's UK-wide Brexit backstop plan

Michel Barnier said the backstop offer made over Northern Ireland in March was ‘exceptional’ and could not be extended.Michel Barnier has warned that Theresa May’s backstop solution to avoid a border on the island of Ireland raises “more questions than answers” as he ruled out the whole of the UK staying in the customs union and key parts of the single market after Brexit.“Backstop means backstop,” the EU’s chief negotiator told a press conference