Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s meetings with French president Emmanuel Macron in Paris and German chancellor Angela Merkel in Dublin were “high risk”. Varadkar returned home from Paris unscathed and all eyes turned to what Merkel would say on Thursday. They were commenting after it was confirmed Theresa May wrote to EU president Donald Tusk to seek a further extension until June 30, despite that deadline already being ruled out. We could veto any increase in the budget, obstruct the putative EU army and block Mr Macron’s integrationist schemes,” he tweeted. Mrs May will once again face down her EU counterparts next Wednesday and once again hopes will be pinned on common sense prevailing.

Source: Irish Examiner April 05, 2019 23:02 UTC