Comments by European Council president, Donald Tusk

Tusk
  • Withdrawal agreement is not open for renegotiation
  • Irish border is top priority
  • Hopes to hear realistic suggestion from May on how to end impasse
  • Most important task is to prevent a no-deal scenario
  • Strongly believes that a common solution is still possible
  • We will not put a time limit on the backstop

With May going in circles to suggest a time limit to the backstop again, you have to wonder what the point of tomorrow's meeting really is. The political game of chicken continues...