The Democratic Unionist party cannot be allowed to veto any Brexit deal on the Irish border, Ireland’s deputy prime minister has said.
Simon Coveney spoke out after Theresa May disclosed that she was considering the option of giving the Northern Ireland devolved government a veto on any proposed regulatory barrier between itself and the rest of the UK.
The Sun reported on Saturday that the prime minister was pushing for an alternative set of regulatory arrangements for Northern Ireland, but that this was being blocked by the DUP, which is propping up her government. Coveney said: “We cannot allow one party in Northern Ireland to veto any proposals.”
He told RTÉ’s Marian Finucane radio show: “The British government has a confidence and supply arrangement with the DUP, but we don’t have a confidence and supply agreement with any one party in Northern Ireland.”
Speculation is growing that the EU and the British government are working on a “backstop to a backstop” to resolve the impasse in Brexit negotiations over the Irish border.
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