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In first British broadcast interview since returning as Taoiseach at #WEF23, in further conciliatory remarks, Leo Varadkar tells BBC of his “regrets” NI Protocol “imposed” on unionists, and that he gets why they feel it weakened the Union “without them having a proper say”:
In first British broadcast interview since returning as Taoiseach at #WEF23, in further conciliatory remarks, Leo Varadkar tells BBC of his “regrets” NI Protocol “imposed” on unionists, and that he gets why they feel it weakened the Union “without them having a proper say”:
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Varadkar says chances of deal before 25th Anniversary of Good Friday Agreement are “very real” and acknowledges that part of the solution could lie in the fact the Protocol has functioned even given the unilateral grace periods on checks
bbc.com/news/uk-politi…
Varadkar says chances of deal before 25th Anniversary of Good Friday Agreement are “very real” and acknowledges that part of the solution could lie in the fact the Protocol has functioned even given the unilateral grace periods on checks
bbc.com/news/uk-politi…
More interesting things from that rather conciliatory interview by Taoiseach with me at Davos……
Why not continue with the grace periods on checks if the single market has been unaffected?
Varadkar: “think there is some room to manoeuvre. When it comes to the grace periods”
Why not continue with the grace periods on checks if the single market has been unaffected?
Varadkar: “think there is some room to manoeuvre. When it comes to the grace periods”
Can a deal be done before the 25th anniversary of the GFA in April?
“things are moving in the right direction, the possibility of an agreement between the EU & UK in the couple of months is very real…with reasonableness and flexibility on both sides, I think it can be achieved”
“things are moving in the right direction, the possibility of an agreement between the EU & UK in the couple of months is very real…with reasonableness and flexibility on both sides, I think it can be achieved”
“have been some economic benefits [for RoI from Brexit].. compare growth, inflation…some investments came to Ireland that would have otherwise gone to Britain, some businesses relocated from Britain. But that's just the economics of it. We haven't been a beneficiary politically”
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