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EU Ready to Consider Major U.K. Concession on Irish Backstop

  • End-date could be linked to increasing democratic oversight
  • Johnson’s stance means concession may never materialize
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EU Yet to Receive Workable Backstop Proposals: Spokeswoman
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European Union governments have discussed giving the U.K. a major concession on Brexit by possibly time-limiting the contentious backstop mechanism for the Irish border, two people familiar with the matter said.