Irish ForeigMin McEntee: Backstop agreement not only reason withdrawal agreement failed in UK parliament

Speaking in an interview on Irish television, the Irish European Minister Helen McEntee noted that the backstop agreement is not only reason withdrawal agreement failed in UK parliament.

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Backstop necessary and tonight's developments at Westminster do nothing to change this.

We are not just beginning talks on Brexit, we have been through this all before.

UK rowing back on the deal.

New UK demands amount to reneging on prior commitments given.

"It's exasperating at this stage because this is a deal which was negotiated with the UK, by the UK, signed off by the UK and the prime minister - and now it looks as though this evening, essentially, there is a row-back and a reneging on the commitments that were made"