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EU Demands U.K. Act in ‘Good Faith’ in Brexit Treaty Revision

  • Little change to bloc’s option to avoid hard Irish border
  • Draft adds new section on ‘good faith’ and tweaks transition
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The European Union failed to water down proposals for the Irish border that Theresa May said no prime minister could ever accept in the first revision of the draft Brexit treaty.

Revising the first draft of the document published by the European Commission two weeks ago, diplomats from the 27 remaining EU countries retained the focus on keeping Northern Ireland in the customs union and parts of the single market. The officials signaled some concessions on the U.K.’s status during a transition period.