EU ready to look at 'realistic' backstop plans from Johnson

After the G7 summit and meetings with Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron in Berlin and Paris, the EU is taking Boris Johnson more seriously. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/ReutersEU officials are ready to look at “realistic” proposals from Boris Johnson on the Irish backstop – the main obstacle to a Brexit deal – but are pessimistic about his government’s chances of coming up with workable ideas.Downing Street’s optimism over an apparent shift in the EU’s wil