The EU will not renegotiate the Brexit withdrawal deal regardless of who the UK’s next prime minister is, the Tánaiste has warned. “The personality might change but the facts don’t.”In a scathing assessment of the political situation in the UK, Mr Coveney told RTE that Britain could trigger a no deal by “default” if its MPs failed to get their act together. Mr Coveney said the UK should not assume another extension will be granted by the EU if a deal is not agreed by the latest October deadline. READ MORE Scores of migrants make Channel crossing to UK over weekendThe Tánaiste said UK politicians who thought a new prime minister could strike a new deal did not understand the EU. “And I think the British Prime Minister understands that and that is why she has agreed to reasonable compromises in certain areas.

Source: Irish Examiner May 19, 2019 20:48 UTC