EU will not renegotiate withdrawal agreement with May’s successor

Ireland’s deputy prime minister has warned the European Union will not renegotiate the Brexit withdrawal agreement, regardless of who succeeds Theresa May as prime minister.

Simon Coveney also he was concerned Britain will “fail to get its act together over the summer”.

While speaking to the Irish broadcaster RTE, Coveney said the EU has said very clearly that the withdrawal agreement has been negotiated over two-and-a-half years, it was agreed with the British government and the British cabinet and it’s not up for renegotiation, even if there is a new British prime minister.

Coveney remarks came after the cross-party talks between Labour and the Conservatives collapsed on Friday without an agreement, and as Theresa May braces for yet another defeat to her Brexit plans.

On May’s successor, Coveney said that while the personality might change, the facts don’t.

 

Via The Independent