EU negotiator Michel Barnier due in Dublin to discuss no-deal plans with Government
on the terms of the UK’s departure, arguing it was the only way to ensure Britain leaves the EU. The prime minster said in a video statement that there was a risk Brexit could “slip through our fingers” after MPs rejected her deal three times and ruled out leaving the EU without a deal.The intensity of ongoing discussions on no-deal planning will depend on the political appetite among the leaders for a “flextension” to the “article 50” exit process.
A Government spokesman said the Taoiseach had signalled he was “open to an extension for the UK but it would need to be accompanied by a plan, that the withdrawal agreement cannot be renegotiated and that any talks must focus on the future relationship”., to agree to delay Brexit to avoid the potential damage from a no-deal exit. The sources downplayed the fears of UK disrupting EU business in the event of a long extension.
The Government is still pushing for the more intensive agri-food checks to take place at ports and the island of Ireland to be treated as a whole on the EU’s strict sanitary and phytosanitary standards . This will require the co-operation of the British government but a Government source indicated the commission would agree with any such plan.
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