Brian Hayes said that the UK would be “roadkill” if it tried to force the EU into a deal that would not benefit the bloc PAUL SHERWOODIreland could be left in a “disastrous” position after Britain leaves the EU if rules governing the exit process are not amended to give every member state a right to veto the final deal, a Fine Gael MEP has warned. Theresa May, British prime minister, is to trigger the UK’s formal withdrawal from the EU by the end of this month. A two-year period of negotiation will then begin. Once that process is completed, the European Council, made up of the heads of all EU member states, will decide whether to ratify the deal. Mr Hayes, a Fine Gael MEP, said that the system at present, where a council agreement can be approved by a “super-qualified” majority of EU leaders, left Ireland open to a…

Source: The Times March 17, 2017 00:04 UTC