Varadkar: no follow up Brexit talks

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Europe correspondent Leave a comment

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar reiterated that the European Union will not reopen the talks on Withdrawal agreement it has concluded with the UK, neither will it remove the Northern Ireland border “backstop” clause. (Image: archive).

“Anything a (new) British prime minister has to say in relation to resolving the Brexit impasse will get a fair hearing from me and from everyone in the European Union,” Varadkar said at a news conference at a meeting of the British-Irish Council in Manchester, on June 28.

In Manchester today for a meeting of the British Irish Council. It’s an important forum to discuss shared priorities across these islands. As part of our discussions today, we’ll be talking about how we can work together on climate action. pic.twitter.com/88NaisFv5V

— Leo Varadkar (@LeoVaradkar) June 28, 2019

“At the same time, it needs to be understood that we mean what we say, and that is that the withdrawal agreement won’t be reopened, without a backstop there will be no transition period but we are willing to examine the joint political declaration and make amendments to that enables us to proceed to an orderly Brexit with a guarantee that there will be no hard border,” he underlined.

Leo Varadkar has dismissed a Arlene Foster's suggestion that the Irish government's role in the Brexit process has caused damage to north-south relations. He said "only Brexit" had caused damage to political relationships https://t.co/6Q0lzL7p05

— Irish in Westminster (@SW1AIrish) June 28, 2019