Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said it seemed obvious no deal would be forthcoming. — Reuters pic
DUBLIN, Oct 8 — If the British government’s approach is that the fresh Brexit proposals it made last week were presented on a take-it-or-leave-it basis, it must know that will not result in a deal, Ireland’s foreign minister said today.
“What you saw today from Donald Tusk was a frustration that the proposals seem to be, from a British perspective, on a take-it-or-leave-it basis,” Coveney told a news conference, referring to the European Council President’s accusation that Britain was playing a “stupid blame game” over Brexit.
“I agree that if the approach from the British government is take-it-or-leave-it on the basis of the proposal coming from the British prime minister last week, then the British government must know that there is not going to be a deal.” — Reuters