Coveney holding lunchtime meeting with Barnier

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Tánaiste Simon Coveney in Brussels for talks with EU's Chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier

Mr Coveney has said the meeting will provide an opportunity to take stock, following Mr Barnier's recent engagements with UK negotiators.

The Conservative Party leader said it was "impoverishing political debate" if such descriptions could not be used. He has faced calls from the Opposition and from more than 100 bishops to tone down his language following death threats issued to MPs this week. "But then there's another question which is - can you use words like 'surrender' to describe a certain act or a certain bill?

 

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One thing I know from speaking to my European colleagues, no not the Brits, least, not the 'leave at all cost brigade,' is they are and remain 100% behind Ireland and the backstop, but I fear compromises may need to be made to secure some sort of a deal.

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