Ireland Urges Flexibility to Avoid a ‘Bad News’ No-Deal Brexit
- Foreign minister Coveney calls for negotiations to accelerate
- Ireland would keep open mind on Brexit delay, isn’t seeking it
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Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney called on the European Union to be open-minded in negotiating with the U.K., warning that a no-deal Brexit would be “very bad news” for Britain as well as Ireland.
“The EU has always said that if Britain softened its red lines, it would show flexibility in return,” Coveney told reporters in London on Wednesday, referring to Prime Minister Theresa May’s post-Brexit blueprint for Britain’s relationship with the bloc. “We need to test that now.”