is the backstop is the border between northern ireland in the republic of ireland and of course engler merkel has said on a number of occasions that germany will do its utmost to ensure that there is not a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland and again we just keep hearing the same things again and again from a very e.u. states and from germany as well and the point is this that this is an e.u. matter and that the decisions will be made in brussels by twenty seven e.u. member states and not by germany alone right kid pretty outside the chancellor's office where the two leaders to resign me and chancellor angela merkel holding talks as we speak thank you very much for that update meanwhile your leaders have also been commenting on tourism is the latest push for concessions max hoffman spoke to one trade verba the head of the conservative bloc in the european parliament let's have a listen. it appears that the u.k. government three some may is calling for a change in the withdrawal agreement with the european parliament except any changes to that agreement to no obvi