Brexit talks on Irish Border hit stumbling block
Important differences emerge between European Union and Britain over Border
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar made it clear that Ireland believes the UK must be more specific in the phase one talks about the practicalities of achieving the frictionless border that all are agreed is desired. He said EU negotiators share this view. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Negotiations in the Brexit talks on Northern Ireland stumbled on Thursday as discussions on the Border revealed new important differences between the UK and EU.
The impasse may block progress towards an interim agreement in December. The hope is that phase one discussions, the divorce talks, would reach “sufficient progress”, to allow negotiations to open in December on the future relationship between the EU and UK.