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Irish foreign min @simoncoveney says a "big step forward" is needed today in the Brexit negotiations if a deal is to be reached at the summit.
"I don’t want to raise expectations about later on today or this evening, but if there is going to be the positive report that is needed to Eu capitals tomorrow in advance of the EU summit, then clearly a big step forward is needed today...
"to build on what is slow but steady progress in the past few days."
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Breaking: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will say shortly that Ireland supports a Brexit extension to January 31 2020, following a phone call with @eucopresident President Tusk
Both men “noted that it would still be possible for the UK to leave before January 31 2020 if the Withdrawal Agreement has been ratified in advance of that date.”
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