No-Deal Brexit Now a ‘Very Serious Risk,’ Irish Official Says
- Hard for new Conservative Party leader to seek extension
- Irish won’t be thrown under bus by EU, Montgomery says
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The prospect of the U.K. crashing out of the European Union in October is now a “very serious” risk, a senior Irish foreign ministry official said.
“Since March, there is an exhaustion with Brexit,” Rory Montgomery, who has helped oversee Ireland’s preparations for the U.K.’s exit from the bloc, said at an event in Nicosia on Wednesday. “The British government need to ask for an extension and it’s going to be difficult for a Conservative leader to do so.”