Reports: EU pushing for green targets in any Brexit 'backstop' deal
EU diplomats said to be seeking level playing field for clean energy targets in any backstop arrangement as part of efforts to avoid hard border on island of Ireland
UK Brexit negotiators are being pushed by Brussels to accept EU environmental targets and stringent state-aid policing in any Irish 'backstop' provisions agreed under the terms of Britain's exit from the...
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