Germany says it will stand in 'full solidarity' with Ireland over Brexit

German president echoes Angela Merkel in saying the backstop will not be revisited

Germany will stand fully in "solidarity" with Ireland over Brexit, the country's president has said, and look to "underpin rather than undermine" the peace process that has kept the border with Northern Ireland invisible in the past 20 years

Frank-Walter Steinmeier told Ireland's president, Michael Higgins, on a visit to Berlin that Germany "stands firmly by Ireland's side", raising questions about Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson's optimism that the Irish border backstop can be revisited.