Brexit: Johnson rejects Macron's two-week deadline for backstop plan
by Daniel Boffey and Rowena Mason from World news | The Guardian on (#4QPQK)
Irish PM Leo Varadkar says gap between sides still wide, as UK says it will table proposals when Boris Johnson is ready
Downing Street has refused to commit to tabling its Brexit plans for replacing the backstop within two weeks, branding it an "artificial deadline" despite a warning from the Irish taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, of the urgent need to bridge a wide gap between the two sides.
A UK government spokesman said it would not recognise France and Finland's joint request for a deadline of the end of September and would only table firm proposals when Boris Johnson was ready.
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