- Sputnik International
World
Get the latest news from around the world, live coverage, off-beat stories, features and analysis.

No Brexit Deal if UK Doesn't Follow Through on Border Commitments - Dublin

© AFP 2023 / PAUL FAITH(File) In this photograph taken on April 26, 2017, Brexit posters are pictured at the border crossing at Muff in Co Donegal near Lough Foyle, on the border with Northern Ireland and Donegal in the Republic of Ireland
(File) In this photograph taken on April 26, 2017, Brexit posters are pictured at the border crossing at Muff in Co Donegal near Lough Foyle, on the border with Northern Ireland and Donegal in the Republic of Ireland - Sputnik International
Subscribe
Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has blamed the British government for "revisionism" on the question of the Irish border and warned the Cabinet to prepare for a "very difficult" summer in the Brexit talks.

"We had asked for and looked for significant progress in June. The British government have been unable to deliver on that, that is frustrating for everybody but if anything the negotiations need to intensify, particularly on the Irish backstop element of the withdrawal agreement," Simon Coveney told national broadcaster RTE.    

The Irish government has warned that the British government’s inconsistency is threatening the entire Brexit negotiation process between London and Europe with collapse within less than two months.

"But let's be very clear, there will be no withdrawal agreement, no transition agreement, and no managed Brexit if the British government do not follow through on their clear commitments in writing to Ireland and the whole EU as a whole," Simon Coveney stated. 

The support of EU members for Ireland's Brexit position will not change, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told a news conference following talks with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in Dublin.

"I am strongly against any temptation to try to isolate Ireland. Ireland has to be part of the deal," he said.

READ MORE: Irish Government Warns '50 Days' to Save Brexit Border Negotiations

Banksy does Brexit - Sputnik International
'No Substantial Progress': EU Reportedly Braces for Brexit 'No Deal' Scenario
Speaking earlier about the Irish border issue, the European Union's Chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said that the UK must be flexible in its positions on the Northern Irish border with the Republic of Ireland or risk the collapse of talks over the future relationship between Britain and the Continental bloc.

The UK government had initially wanted "sufficient progress" on the Irish border backstop arrangement to be reached by next week's summit but has admitted that is now unlikely to occur until October.

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала