The EU leaders lined up on Thursday to tell Theresa May she needs to give guarantees on the Irish border before they will grant her the Brexit deal. The British PM wants to avoid Britain crashing out of the bloc.
Arriving for a second day of summitry in Austria, Ms. May’s European Union peers rammed home their message on her plea for them to ease up on a “backstop” plan dealing with the border between the British province of Northern Ireland and EU member state Ireland.
Maintaining a united front that refuses to let Ms. May bypass the talks run by EU negotiator Michel Barnier, the 27 leaders did not respond to her. They will discuss the issue among themselves over lunch on Thursday, setting what Mr. Barnier hopes can be a path to a final deal in two months.
