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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will today begin a tour of three European capitals to discuss Brexit and other issues, amid signs of a continuous division between London, Brussels and Dublin over the preparations for a possible Brexit without agreement next year. will travel today to Zagreb, Croatian capital, for talks with Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, before traveling to Romania tomorrow
Bucharest will meet President Klaus Iohannis and the first Minister Viorica Dãncilã [Bucarest]. 19659002] On Wednesday, Varadkar will travel to Italy, where he will travel to the Venice Biennale, before a meeting in Rome on Thursday with the new Italian Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte.
The Taoiseach Department stated that Mr. Varadkar would use these meetings to develop trade and cultural relations with the three countries, but it is the Brexit exchanges that will be most closely monitored.
The Brexit Negotiating Team of the European Commission, led by Michel Barnier, and the British Government, led by Brexit's new secretary, Dominic Raab, will resume in Brussels this week, but the European Commission does not. 39 could confirm any details last night
. commission yesterday for having issued a warning to member states that they are preparing for all eventualities of Brexit, including a Brexit without agreement, saying that it was "irresponsible". Separately, in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, Raab said that if Britain leaves the EU without an agreement, it would not pay the EU's 50 billion divorce bill to the EU. euros previously agreed
. Government sources said they were expecting a commitment on Irish issues this week, with a possible new legal text to give effect to the safety net agreement reached last December. .
The support agreement said that in the absence of another solution. Brexit Border, Northern Ireland would actually remain in the EU Customs Union
Since December, the UK rejects a draft European text on the backstop, while the UK is not in the EU's customs union. EU rejects UK proposals to allow UK access to the single market. Dublin and Brussels said that without a backstop agreement, a UK withdrawal treaty can not be concluded. If there is no withdrawal treaty, the UK will leave the EU next March without a transition period, confusing all its commercial and operational relations.
Most elements of the treaty of withdrawal have already been – and in particular the requirement of a guarantee of the absence of Border lasts in Ireland in case no EU-UK trade agreement would be concluded in the future – remains an obstacle to finalizing the agreement.
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