Brexit: PM to meet Angela Merkel with call to scrap backstop
Mr Johnson is also expected to tell Ms Merkel the EU should not make the mistake of believing Parliament could somehow block the UK from leaving on the 31 October deadline.
, Mr Johnson said the backstop - which is part of the withdrawal agreement negotiated by former prime minister Theresa May - risked undermining the Northern Irish peace process. The backstop is a position of last resort to guarantee that, but if implemented, it would see Northern Ireland stay aligned to some rules of the EU single market.
The European Commission said Mr Johnson's letter did not contain a"legally operational solution" to the Irish border issue.Meanwhile, the government has announced that British officials will stop attending most EU meetings from 1 September, only taking part in those where the UK has a"significant national interest".
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