Brexit: Ireland’s Leo Varadkar says EU27 ‘unlikely’ to veto delay

Taoiseach suggests if an EU state decides to veto extension, ‘they wouldn’t be forgiven’

It is “extremely unlikely” that an EU27 country will veto a UK request for a delay to Brexit at next week’s European council meeting, the Irish taoiseach has said.

Any state that voted down a further Brexit extension would not be forgiven by other member states, Leo Varadkar declared, going on to suggest that his own preference was for a longer extension than the 30 June date proposed by the UK.

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