No-deal Brexit would be enormous lost opportunity, warns Coveney
PA
11 December 2020, 3:01 pm
Ireland’s foreign affairs minister has urged politicians to dial down their language around division as post-Brexit talks go down to the wire.
Failing to clinch a trade deal with Britain would be an enormous “lost opportunity”, Simon Coveney added.
Boris Johnson has warned it is “very, very likely” the UK will not be able to strike an agreement with the European Union.
Mr Coveney said: “What I would say to politicians, we need to try and dial down the language in terms of the division and differences of views and focus on the detail.
No-deal Brexit would be enormous lost opportunity, says Simon Coveney The Republic s foreign affairs minister Simon Coveney is hopeful of a UK/EU deal being reached. Picture by Julien Behal Michael McHugh and David Young, PA 11 December, 2020 15:42
The Republic s foreign affairs minister has urged politicians to dial down their language around division as post-Brexit talks go down to the wire.
Failing to clinch a trade deal with Britain would be an enormous lost opportunity , Simon Coveney added.
Mr Coveney said: What I would say to politicians, we need to try and dial down the language in terms of the division and differences of views and focus on the detail.