U.K. Can't Make Irish Peace a Brexit Bargain Chip, EU Says
- Officials say Britain must take responsibility for Ireland
- EU is pessimistic about getting a Brexit breakthrough soon
Brexit Talks Turn to Irish Border
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European Union officials warned Britain not to make peace in Ireland a bargaining chip in their bid for a post-Brexit U.K.-EU trade deal.
With talks on the U.K.’s withdrawal from the bloc scheduled to resume next week, officials in Brussels said they wanted Theresa May’s government to come up with more ideas to keep the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland as invisible as possible. The U.K. needed to take responsibility for the impact Brexit would have on the island, according to the officials, who asked not to be named, citing policy.