DUP leader heads to Brussels for Brexit talks

The Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), the ally of Prime Minister Theresa May’s government, said that it wanted a Brexit that worked for the Republic of Ireland too, as its leader Arlene Foster travels to Brussels for talks with EU negotiator Michel Barnier.

BREAKING Arlene Foster flies to Brussels tonight for 3 days of intensive talks with EU negotiator @MichelBarnier. She says she wants to see the UK to "exit the EU in a sensible manner "but also importantly in a way that works for our nearest neighbour in the Republic of Ireland".

— Christopher Hope📝 (@christopherhope) October 8, 2018

The border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is the apple of discord in Brexit talks between the UK and the EU, and both sides are trying to work out how to monitor and regulate trade over the border, without creating standard infrastructure.

Arlene Foster is travelling to Brussels to lead a new UK offensive to clinch a Brexit deal as the end-of-autumn deadline looms https://t.co/SG7tWTnYO0

— Sky News (@SkyNews) October 8, 2018

AMENDED: “There is only one red line… when we are treated differently from the rest of the United Kingdom”, Foster said at press-conference in European Parliament.

Arelene Foster: "There is only one red line… when we are treated differently from the rest of the United Kingdom"

DUP leader on Northern Ireland and #Brexit after meeting EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels https://t.co/ydnFK4QnbM pic.twitter.com/gaKxxdOVIO

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) October 9, 2018