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In Dublin and Brussels, there is growing concern that the British government will retreat or be unable to adopt soft positions on the Brexit in its white paper, which suggests an exit disorderly from the EU next year. Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said Tuesday that "due to" political instability in London "and" unrest in Westminster ", the government would go ahead with plans for a "scenario without agreement".
Simon Coveney, Minister of Foreign Affairs the Council of Ministers Wednesday at his meeting in Derrynane, Co Kerry, on the preparations for Brexit, including the recruitment of hundreds of customs officers and others measures in ports and airports
M. Varadkar said that the Irish government "can not badume that the withdrawal agreement will pbad through Westminster"
. It is not obvious or not obvious that the government in Britain has the majority for any form of Brexit, quite frankly, "said a Brussels source, according to a Brussels source," this was not the most constructive day in Ireland. "The British approach has not changed since the publication of the White Paper in London
The Irish safety net is the last big outstanding issue to be agreed between the UK government and EU negotiators at talks on a withdrawal agreement, which resumed in Brussels this week, according to several people familiar with these issues. Trading Session
However, during a trading session Monday in Brussels, centered on the Border issue, there were few signs of change in the British position.
A Brussels source said that "
The EU believes that there were hardly any signs of new London instructions for British negotiators that could lead to a breakthrough in the negotiations.
While Brussels and Dublin cautiously welcomed Ms. May's white paper last week, they made it clear to the UK government that a legally enforceable safety net – guaranteeing the single market and customs rules for Northern Ireland in the absence of agreement between the EU and the UK – was to be included in an Irish protocol in the withdrawal agreement. 19659015] Pro-European conservatives have sought revenge on the government for yielding to Brexite claims on Monday
In private, officials in Dublin and Brussels worry that the British are "downgrading" on White Paper commitments under Brexiters pressure in the House of Commons
"Imperfect Process"
"The more you feel like in the UK are receding, the more the EU will become entrenched," said one source. "If prior commitments are detachable, then the bargaining process is fundamentally flawed."
In the last round of votes in Westminster, Ms. May escaped the defeat by only six votes on an amendment that would have kept Britain in a customs union with the EU in the absence from another arrangement
But the government suffered a surprise defeat when 12 pro-European conservative rebels helped pbad an amendment to keep Britain in the European drug regulatory network.
Votes arrived at the end of a Westminster day as pro-European conservatives sought revenge on the government for yielding to Brexite's demands on Monday. The government negotiated openly with the rebels in the House of Commons, Treasury Minister George Holingbery, proposing to submit a version of the Customs Union amendment to the Lords if the Commons version was withdrawn.
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