It was only a sore point for the likes of Mogg, and his merry band of 'no-dealers'. Any viable alternatives will be welcomed by the EU which has been stated publicly. Didn't you know gasbag?So it wasn't a big deal after all
"Boris Johnson's new Brexit proposal is... equally bad for all," says a commentator in Germany's Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Another writer in Handelsblatt says the proposals show the prime minister "does not really want a deal".
"By making impossible demands on the EU, he shatters any chance of reaching an agreement. The fact that Johnson now forces the EU to customs controls should be perceived as a provocation," the article says.
Italy's La Repubblica also calls his proposal "a provocation", saying it could be "an attempt to exasperate the EU and to have doors slammed in his face, just as he would prefer".
His deal "gives a small region [Northern Ireland] a veto power. It is almost impossible to expect the EU - and Ireland in particular - to agree to this," says Lithuania's news website 15min.
"It is not an accident that Boris Johnson presented his alternative to the Irish backstop during today's [2 October] conference of the Conservative Party," says a commentary in Poland's Gazeta Wyborcza. "He is gearing up not for a compromise but for elections.""
Lithuania is a sovereign nation, and a member of the EU.
Don't you like the word "region?"
N. I. is a region same as Scotland and Wales are regions of the UK.is NI a sovereign nation? Or is it a small part of the UK?
Don't you like the word "region?"
Whch other small parts of the UK do you think should be able to veto international treaties?