22 Aug 2019

British PM Boris Johnson meets Merkel, calls to scrap backstop

From Morning Report, 6:43 am on 22 August 2019

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has met with the German chancellor Angela Merkel to kick off his first foreign trip since taking over the leadership.

Mr Johnson wants changes to the Brexit agreement negotiated by Theresa May and is seeking to have the Irish backstop taken out.

RNZ correspondent in Berlin Thomas Sparrow spoke to Corin Dann.