'Onus is firmly on the UK to come up with solutions': Coveney and Barnier set to meet for Brexit talks

Simon Coveney and Michel Barnier met in Dublin in June. Image: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie Simon Coveney and Michel Barnier met in Dublin in June. Image: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie TÁNAISTE SIMON COVENEY will meet chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels today amid fears that the UK is heading towards a no-deal exit.

“With only a few weeks remaining before October’s European Council, the onus is firmly on the UK to come up with credible, fully-worked out and legally operable proposals in a timeframe that allows these proposals to be properly considered before the Council,” Coveney said today in a statement. “There is significant work still to do but there are serious discussions that are taking place,” Barclay said after those talks. However, the Irish government and the EU have been less optimistic about progress towards securing a deal.

Opposition MPs have vowed to ensure that Johnson is forced to comply with the Benn Act, which forces the government to seek an extension from the EU if a deal hasn’t been secured by 19 October.

He’s starting to realise that the U.K. means it and that he and the Varadkar have handled it all badly

But they ain't gona 🤷‍♀️

Good man simoncoveney please do not give in, but remain calm and statesman like as you have done throughout. Thanks you for not walking away from our citizens in North. UK needs to sort this out internally, even though it won’t be nice. MichelBarnier Merci!

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