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		</div><p>Britain has dismissed the latest attempt by Brussels to break the Brexit deadlock, accusing the EU side of simply trying to “rerun old arguments”.</p>
<p>The EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier insisted the UK would not be forced into a customs union against its will through the Northern Ireland backstop.</p>
<p>In a statement, the Government has welcomed the fact he continues to stand up for the interests of the whole EU, including Ireland.</p>
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<p>In a series of tweets following a briefing with EU ambassadors in Brussels, he said the UK would be able to exit the single customs territory unilaterally if it chose to do so.</p>
<p>However, the apparent concession was dismissed by the DUP – who prop up Theresa May’s Government at Westminster – as neither “realistic nor sensible”.</p>
<p>DUP Deputy Leader Nigel Dodds said it is neither a realistic nor sensible proposal and it disrespects the constitutional and economic integrity of the United Kingdom.</p>
<p>He claimed it is an attempt to get ahead of a possible blame game and appear positive, when in reality it is going backwards to something rejected a year ago.</p>
<p>It warned that under Mr Barnier’s proposal, Northern Ireland would still remain in the customs union – effectively imposing a “border in the Irish Sea” with the rest of the UK.</p>
<p>The UK&#8217;s Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay suggested the EU plan was simply a return to an earlier version of the backstop which had already been rejected by the UK.</p>
<p>With a very real deadline looming, now is not the time to rerun old arguments,” he said.</p>
<p>“The UK has put forward clear new proposals. We now need to agree a balanced solution that can work for both sides.”</p>
<p>Mr Barnier’s intervention came after Mrs May issued an appeal to EU leaders for “one more push” to get a deal over the line ahead of Tuesday’s crunch Commons vote.</p>
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