European Council president Donald Tusk, speaking in Dublin on Friday 1 December, warned the UK government that any proposal on the Irish border that failed to satisfy the Irish government would not be acceptable to the other 26 member states either.
It is only on that condition that the guidelines on the transition period and the post-Brexit relationship between the EU and the UK can be adopted.
“If the UK’s offer is unacceptable for Ireland, it will also be unacceptable for the EU”,...