No-Deal Brexit Risk Grows After EU Rejects Boris Johnson’s Demands
- Barnier, Juncker dismiss Johnson call to scrap Irish backstop
- New prime minister puts Gove in charge of preparing U.K.
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The scale of the challenge facing Boris Johnson to break Britain’s political deadlock was laid bare in his first days as prime minister, as the European Union immediately rejected his demands for a better Brexit deal.
Johnson told European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker that the U.K.’s Withdrawal Agreement with the EU would have to change for it to pass Parliament, according to his office’s account of the phone conversation between the two Thursday. Juncker said it was the best and only deal possible.