Tusk: 'foundations' of Brexit deal are ready but UK has late doubts
by Daniel Boffey and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels, Row from World news | The Guardian on (#4SP23)
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Donald Tusk, the president of the European council, has said the "foundations" of a Brexit deal are ready for approval by EU leaders but that Brussels is waiting on Downing Street after late "doubts" in London.
The deal due to be signed off by leaders at a summit on Thursday would involve the drawing of a regulatory and customs border down the Irish Sea and a vote for Stormont every four years on the arrangements, but the Democratic Unionist party is still objecting.
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