The Irish deputy prime minister hits out at UK to leave the EU before MEPs take their seats (Image: GETTY)
Ireland’s deputy prime minister, Simon Coveney demanded in an interview with The Sunday Telegraph that both the Labour Party and the Tories find a middle ground following the poor local election results for both parties. He said: “We need decisions because this absence of a decision, and the vacuum that it creates – for businesses, for politicians, and for many countries in Europe – is damaging for us all.” Mr Coveney also urged MPs to make a decision “this side of the Summer”.
The senior politician did not like the idea of having to renegotiate the Irish backstop if Theresa May is replaced by another Tory leader.
Last week, the former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab said he believed the Government should negotiate “more robustly” with Brussels.
The negotiations would include seeking changes to a backstop that Brexiteers argue will leave the UK trapped in the EU customs union with no independent trade policy.
Mr Coveney continued: “I often hear voices saying we
