Juncker warns May: permanent customs union is price for revisiting backstop

Deputy Frans Timmermans accuses Tory Brexiters of a ‘cavalier’ approach to peace Jean-Claude Juncker has told Theresa May in a private phone call that shifting her red lines in favour of a permanent customs union is the price she will need to pay for the EU revising the Irish backstop.Without a major shift in the prime minister’s position, the European commission president told May that the current terms of the withdrawal agreement were non-negotiable. Continue reading...