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    Britain's Boris Johnson Appeals To EU To Drop 'Irish Backstop' Demand

    In response, European Council President Donald Tusk says the idea would lead to reestablishing a border. Johnson calls the backstop deal "inconsistent with the sovereignty of the U.K."
    by Scott Neuman Aug 20, 2019 3 minutes

    Updated at 9:25 a.m. ET

    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appealed to the European Union to scrap a deal forged by his predecessor that's aimed at preventing the reestablishment of a hard border between Britain's Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, an EU member state, as a precondition for any Brexit deal.

    In , Johnson asks for the removal of a "backstop" agreement negotiated by former Prime Minister Theresa

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