Suddenly, Varadkar seems tired of it all. Tired of Brussels, even
Leo Varadkar arrives at the EU headquarters: 'I’ve been coming to Brussels for nearly 14 years now without a break'. Photograph: John Thys/AFP via Getty ImagesLeo Varadkar bounced out of the Sofitel hotel in Brussels on Thursday morning, en route to the giant concrete and steel palaces that house the institutions of the European Union. A gaggle of reporters were gathered outside on the off-chance of a word with passing EU bigwigs.
The reasons, he insisted, were as he had already stated. It was just time for a change. “There’s no event, there’s no one thing. I appreciate the need for journalism to have ‘a thing’ or a moment but in real life it’s often not like that,” he said. “What I’m saying is it’s time for change. Time for somebody new. I think it will be good for the party, more importantly it will be good for the Government, good for the country. I’ve had the privilege for over 13 years to represent Ireland around the world, to come to Brussels to attend meetings like this.
This must have been one terrible takeaway. In fairness, that can happen. They’re hit and miss at the best of times.
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