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20 August 2019The backstop, an agreement to ensure that a physical border is not erected (hard border) between Ireland and Northern Ireland, "is a guarantee to prevent the establishment of a physical border on the island of Ireland, unless and until when an alternative is not found. Who is against the backstop and does not propose realistic alternatives, in fact supports the reintroduction of a border, even if he does not admit it ". The president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, writes this in a post on his Twitter profile, responding, although without explicit reference, to the letter that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote yesterday, asking for an agreement on Brexit without the backstop.

A spokesman for the European Commission has further emphasized that so far Johnson "has not proposed a realistic alternative to the backstop" and that the letter of the British Prime Minister "does not propose a legal operational solution to avoid the reintroduction of a border on the island of Ireland" .